Define the Number of Backups to Retain¶
Customer Managed Applies to customer-managed instances of Alation
Note
This information applies to both Backup V1 and Backup V2.
You can configure the number of backups you want to store in the designated backup storage directory.
Use the alation_conf parameter alation.backup.data_dump_versions to configure the number of backups you want to retain. For example, when this parameter is set to 5 (default), Alation will keep five latest Alation backup files, five corresponding Event Bus files, and five corresponding Postgres backups if Postgres backups are configured to be excluded from the compressed Alation backup file. If incremental backups are enabled, Alation will keep five latest full backups, the corresponding incremental backups, and the corresponding Postgres incremental backups if Postgres backups are not compressed together with the Alation backup. Older backups will be automatically removed.
Note
For more information about excluding Postgres backups from the compressed Alation backups, see Manage Postgres Backups Separately (available from version 2022.3).
To set the number of backups to retain:
Enter the Alation shell.
sudo /etc/init.d/alation shell
Run the following command, substituting
<number>with an actual number.alation_conf alation.backup.data_dump_versions -s <number>
Example:
alation_conf alation.backup.data_dump_versions -s 6
No restart is required.