Re: What does VDP do with backups after retention period is up

Hello theire,

So if you're retention Policy is 60 Days. then VDP is keeping it for 60 Days. After that the Maintenance Tasks Garbage Process will clean up and delete the Backup.  Same is if you remove a VM from Backup and delete it from Restore. Space will only getting reduced after the Retention Policy Time.

VMware KB: Understanding reclaim operations in VMware Data Recovery

Best regards

Max