Understanding how the 3-2-1-1-0 rule applies to your backup strategy when setting up jobs
So, you might at this point be wondering how to go about applying the 3-2-1-1-0 backup rule and what sort of media you should consider. There are plenty of media types that you can use to fit the model for 3-2-1-1-0 and also take into account setting up retention with GFS, which breaks down like this:
- Grandfather: Backups are kept for a year.
- Father: Backups are kept for a month.
- Son: Backups are kept for a week.
You can set this up in the following manner:
Table 2.1 – GFS backup example for a month
When you are setting up your backup jobs within Veeam Backup & Replication, you will have the option to configure the number of days/restore points:
Figure 2.2 – Backup job – restore points or days
It is also within this configuration window that you set up your GFS retention policy, which works with the...