Backup.RetainDays Property
Gets or sets the number of days that must elapse before a backup set can be overwritten.
Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.SmoExtended (in Microsoft.SqlServer.SmoExtended.dll)
Syntax
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Public Property RetainDays As Integer
Get
Set
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Dim instance As Backup
Dim value As Integer
value = instance.RetainDays
instance.RetainDays = value
public int RetainDays { get; set; }
public:
property int RetainDays {
int get ();
void set (int value);
}
member RetainDays : int with get, set
function get RetainDays () : int
function set RetainDays (value : int)
Property Value
Type: System.Int32
An Int32 value that specifies the retention period in days. By default, the value is set to zero.
Remarks
Backup set retention period is set when media is initialized. When using SQL Server Management Objects (SMO) to automate Microsoft SQL Server backup, the RetainDays property is only evaluated when the Initialize property is True.
Examples
VB
'Connect to the local, default instance of SQL Server.
Dim srv As Server
srv = New Server
'Reference the AdventureWorks2012 database.
Dim db As Database
db = srv.Databases("AdventureWorks2012")
Dim bk As New Backup
bk.Action = BackupActionType.Database
bk.Database = "AdventureWorks2012"
bk.RetainDays = 21
PowerShell
$srv = new-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server("(local)")
$db = New-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Database
$db = $srv.Databases.Item("AdventureWorks2012")
$bk = new-object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Backup
$bk.Action = [Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.BackupActionType]::Database
$bk.Database = "AdventureWorks2012"
$bk.RetainDays = 21
See Also
Reference
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace