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Backup Job History and Reports Limited to One Backup Cycle

  • September 24, 2026
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We are using a self-hosted Commvault environment. Backup history reports show only about one backup cycle (roughly 14 days), even after testing 90- and 365-day retention periods. Older job history is unavailable, which prevents us from producing complete monthly backup reports.

We understand that the older “Days to keep the successful backup job histories” setting is no longer available in current versions. We have opened a case with Commvault Support, but have not yet found a clear explanation or supported workaround.

Has anyone else experienced this in a recent Commvault release? What is the supported way to retain successful backup job history for reporting after the older control was removed? Please include your Commvault version and any confirmed resolution.

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  • Vaulter
  • September 30, 2026

Hi ​@Mostafa Gouda ,
 

The JobHistoryLifeSpan parameter is no longer in use. Previously, there was an additional setting available named JobHistoryLifeSpan. However, it has been deprecated to prevent additional load on the Commserv DB.

For requirements involving longer job history retention, we recommend using Metrics Reporting and retaining the report data for the required duration.

Additionally, you can leverage the Client Backup History reports in the Report section to view jobs that have run on a client over the past few years.

This is metrics only report and can be downloaded from store.