Setting the retention policy

A retention policy is in place for backups to a local directory.

About this task

By default, the five most recent backups are saved in the configured location. The number of backup files can be changed in the Manager configuration file.

Procedure

Set the Local Directory Path in the managerConfiguration.properties file.
```
backup.localDirectoryPath={userDefinedPath}
```
Set the Maximum Value for Backups in the managerConfiguration.properties file.
```
backup.maxCount={value}
```
Set the permissions for the newly created folder to 755.
```
chmod 755 {foldername}
```

Set the owner to dsnet-manager.

chown dsnet-manager:dsnet-manger {foldername}

Restart the Manager Web Interface to activate these values.
```
service dsnet-manager restart
```