How to manage space for the Online Backup and Recovery Manager

How to manage space for the Online Backup and Recovery Manager

Introduction

There are three primary way to reduce the space on a backup account.

1. Manually delete data from the account.
2. Set a retention policy on the Online Backup and Recovery Manager
3. Use the cleanup tool to mass remove data from a backup account

 

How to delete data from the cloud to reduce the used space

Please refer to the following article on how to to delete data from a backup account

How to remove backed up devices, files, or files from the cloud?

 

How to set a retention policy

A retention policy can be set to automatically delete data from the cloud-based on certain conditions to manage the space in the cloud. 

Refer to the following article for steps on how to set a retention policy on the Online Backup and Recovery Manager

How to set up a retention policy in the Online Backup and Recovery Manager   

 

How to remove or limit file version stored in the Cloud

The account cleanup tool can be used as a option to mass delete data that has not been backed up for a specified amount of time. 

How to use the Account Cleanup Tool