Hello everyone,
In our backup environment, we have a CommServe and a Media Agent. We are currently using two policies:
- Policy A: Basic retention of 35 days.
- Policy B: Basic retention of 35 days, with extended retention: Monthly for 365 days and Yearly for 15 months.
Backup Targets:
- Primary: Data Domain
- Secondary: Auxiliary copy to Azure Blob (combined storage tier Cool /Archive ).
Since our data is on the Archive tier, restores are taking hours to rehydrate and restore. Therefore, we have decided to disable the combined storage tier and use container default (Cool).
We plan to change the storage class to Cool and retain only basic retention backups in the Cool tier. We want to move any extended retention data to the Archive tier. Is this possible using Azure Blob Storage lifecycle management? Additionally, once the data is moved to the Archive tier based on the lifecycle policy, will it impact the auxiliary copy? We use Deduplication with DASH enabled.
Thank you for your insights!
