TrueSecure Guide
  • Getting Started
  • Backup Format Overview
    • Hybrid Backup
    • Object Lock (Immutability)
    • MS SQL Server Backup
    • MS Exchange Backup
    • Synthetic Backup
    • About GFS
      • Configure GFS Policy
        • GFS Retention Policy Settings in CLI
      • GFS Policy Usage Examples
      • F.A.Q
    • Forever Forward Incremental Backup
      • Intelligent Retention
    • Client-Side Deduplication
    • Mandatory and Full Consistency Checks
    • Retention Policy
    • File And Folder Backup
      • OneDrive Backup
      • System and Hidden Files Backup
    • Image-Based Backup
    • Full Backup Explained
    • VMware Backup Plan
      • Application-Consistent Backups
      • Pre-Freeze and Post-Thaw Scripts
      • Transaction Logs Processing in Application-Consistent Backups
      • Prepare Guest VM for Application-Consistent Backup
      • Changed Block Tracking for VMware Backups
    • About Hyper-V Backup
      • Hyper-V Virtual Machine Backup
      • Hyper-V Failover Cluster Backup
      • Application-Consistent Backups
      • Prepare Guest VM for Application-Consistent Backup
      • Changed Block Tracking for Hyper-V Backups
    • Legacy Backup Format
      • Backup Format Comparison
      • Hybrid Backup
      • Synthetic Full Backup (Legacy Backup Format)
      • Synthetic Backup for S3-compatible Storage Accounts
      • File-Level Backup (Legacy)
        • Step 1. Backup Route
        • Step 2. Backup Destination (for Local or Cloud Backup)
        • Step 3. Backup Destinations (for Hybrid Backup)
        • Step 4. Plan Name
        • Step 5. Advanced Options
        • Step 6. Backup Source
        • Step 7. Network Shares
        • Step 8. Advanced Filter
        • Step 9. Compression and Encryption Options
        • Step 10. Schedule
        • Step 11. Recurring Schedule
        • Step 12. Retention Policy
        • Step 13. Pre / Post Actions
        • Step 14. Email and System Log Notifications
        • Step 15. Summary
      • Image-Based Backup (Legacy)
        • Step 1. Backup Route
        • Step 2. Backup Destination
        • Step 3. Backup Destinations (for Hybrid Backup)
        • Step 4. Plan Name
        • Step 5. Select Partitions
        • Step 6. Advanced Options
        • Step 7. Compression and Encryption Options
        • Step 8. Retention Policy
        • Step 9. Schedule
        • Step 10. Specify Recurring Schedule
        • Step 11. Pre / Post Actions
        • Step 12. Notifications and System Log Settings
        • Step 13. Summary
      • VMware Backup (legacy)/Step 1. Select the Backup Route
        • Step 2. Select Backup Storage
        • Step 3. Specify the Plan Name
        • Step 4. Select VMware Host Server
        • Step 5. Select Virtual Machines
        • Step 6. Select Virtual Disks
        • Step 7. Compression and Encryption Options
        • Step 8. Retention Policy
        • Step 9. Schedule
        • Step 10. Schedule Full Backup
        • Step 11. Pre / Post Actions
        • Step 12. Notification
        • Step 13. Summary
      • Hyper-V VM Backup (legacy)/Step 1. Backup Route
        • Step 2. Select Backup Storage
        • Step 3. Plan Name
        • Step 4. Select Virtual Machines
        • Step 5. Select Virtual Disks
        • Step 6. Compression & Encryption Options
        • Step 7. Retention Policy
        • Step 8. Schedule
        • Step 9. Advanced Recurring Schedule
        • Step 10. Pre / Post Actions
        • Step 11. Notification
        • Step 12. Summary
    • Backup for Microsoft 365 / Google Workspace
      • Get Started with Backup for Microsoft 365 / Google Workspace
      • Manage Microsoft 365 Backup/ Service Dashboard
        • Account Settings
        • Manage Users
        • Create Mail Archive
        • Export to PST
      • Backup and Restore
        • Outlook Mail Backup
        • Back Up OneDrive
        • Contacts Backup
        • Back up Calendar
        • SharePoint Backup
        • Back up Microsoft Teams
        • Retention Policy in Microsoft 365 Backup
      • Google Backup/Account Setting
        • Manage Google Backup
        • Manage Users
        • Auto-Activate New Users
        • Backup and Restore
          • Back up Gmail
          • Item-Level Restore from Google Drive Backup
          • Back up Contacts
          • Back Up Calendar
          • Back Up Shared Drives
          • Retention Policy in Google Backup
  • Restore Backup Data
    • File-Level Restore
      • Step 1 - Select a Backup Storage
      • Step 2 - Specify the Plan Name
      • Step 3 - Select Data to Restore
      • Step 4. Select Restore Point
      • Step 5 - Select Files to Restore
      • Step 6. Destination
      • Step 7. Specify the Encryption Password
      • Step 8. Schedule Your Restore Plan
      • Step 9. Email Notifications and Event Log Settings
      • Step 10 - Check Network Shares
      • Step 11 - Save and Run Your Restore Plan
    • Image-Based Backup Restore
      • Step 1. Select Backup Storage
      • Step 2. Plan Name
      • Step 3 - Choose Data to Restore
      • Step 4 - Select a Restore Point
      • Step 5. Restore Type
        • Restore to Physical Disk
        • Restore to Virtual Disk
        • Restore to Amazon EC2 Instance, EBS Volume or AMI
          • Enable EC2 on your Amazon Account
          • Granting Required EC2 Permissions
          • Restore to Amazon EC2 Instance
          • Restore to Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
          • Restore to Elastic Block Store (EBS) Volume
        • Restore to Azure Virtual Machine or Data Disk
          • Restore to Azure Virtual Machine
          • Restore to Azure Data Disk
        • Restore to Google Cloud Instance, Image, or Disk
          • Restore to Google Cloud Instance
          • Restore to Google Machine Image
          • Restore to Google Data Disk
      • Step 6. Specify the Temporary Instance
      • Step 7. Select Partitions
      • Step 8. Destination
      • Step 9. Specify the Encryption Password
      • Step 10. Schedule Your Restore Plan
      • Step 11. Notifications and Logging
      • Step 12 - Check Network Shares
      • Step 13 - Save and Run Your Restore Plan
    • VMware Virtual Machine Restore Plan
    • Hyper-V Restore/Step 1. Select Backup to Restore
      • Step 2. Plan Name
      • Step 3. Type of Data
      • Step 4. Select a Restore Point
      • Step 5. Restore Source
      • Step 6. Restore Type
        • Select Virtual Disks
        • Restore Options (Destination)
        • Glacier Smart Restore (Optional)
        • Restore Virtual Machines As
      • Step 7. Encryption Options
      • Step 8. Schedule
      • Step 9. Pre-/Post Actions
      • Step 10. Notifications and Logging
      • Step 11. Check Network Shares
      • Summary
    • MS SQL Server Database Restore
      • Step 1 - Select a Backup Storage
      • Step 2 - Specify the Plan Name
      • Step 3 - Choose Data to Restore
      • Step 4. Select a Restore Point
      • Step 5. Select a SQL Server Instance
      • Step 6. Specify the Source Databases
      • Step 7 - Specify the Target Databases
      • Step 8 - Specify the Restore Options
      • Step 9. Specify the Encryption Password
      • Step 10. Schedule Your Restore Plan
      • Step 11. Customize Email Notifications and System Log Settings
      • Step 12 - Check Network Shares
      • Step 13 - Save and Run Your Restore Plan
    • MS SQL Server Backup Files Restore
      • Step 1 - Select a Backup Storage
      • Step 2 - Specify the Plan Name
      • Step 3 - Choose Data to Restore
      • Step 4. Select a Restore Point
      • Step 5. Specify the Source Databases
      • Step 6 - Specify the Restore Options
      • Step 7. Specify the Encryption Password
      • Step 8. Schedule Your Restore Plan
      • Step 9. Customize Email Notifications and System Log Settings
      • Step 10 - Check Network Shares
      • Step 11 - Save and Run Your Restore Plan
    • Microsoft Exchange Data Restore
      • Item-Level Restore in Microsoft Exchange
      • Restore Microsoft Exchange Files/Databases
        • Step 1 - Select a Backup Storage
        • Step 2 - Specify the Plan Name
        • Step 3 - Choose Data to Restore
        • Step 4. Select a Restore Point
        • Step 5 - Specify the Restore Destination
        • Step 6. Specify the Encryption Password
        • Step 7. Schedule Your Restore Plan
        • Step 8. Notifications and Logging
        • Step 9 - Check Network Shares
        • Step 10 - Save and Run Your Restore Plan
        • Update the Exchange Server Database
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  1. Backup Format Overview
  2. About GFS

Configure GFS Policy

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To apply the GFS policy, create or edit backup plans you intend the GFS policy to be applied to.

Configure GFS Settings

To configure GFS Settings, proceed as follows:

  1. Create or edit the backup plan you want to apply the GFS policy. If you select the existing plan to edit, make sure it is not in the legacy backup format.

  2. Follow the backup wizard steps to the Retention Policy step.

  1. Click Enable GFS.

  2. Then specify the GFS keeping periods:

  • Weekly. Select this check box to enable a weekly keeping period, then specify the number of weeks it will be kept

  • Monthly. Select this check box to enable a monthly keeping period, then specify the number of months it will be kept

  • Yearly. Select this check box to enable a yearly keeping period, then specify the number of years it will be kept. If you enable the Yearly keeping period, specify the month of the year the GFS policy will be applied to

Note that GFS settings are linked with your backup schedule. If you enable a weekly GFS keeping period, a schedule for a full backup must be at least once a week. Respectively, if a monthly GFS keeping period is enabled, at least one full backup once a month must be scheduled

Note that the period of keeping weekly backups cannot be longer than the period of keeping monthly and yearly backups, and the period of keeping monthly backups cannot be longer than the period of keeping yearly backups.

For example, the settings shown in the picture below will bring the GFS policy conflict.

You can edit your backup plan schedule on the previous backup wizard step.

  1. Follow the backup wizard steps to finish the backup plan and save the configuration.

Configuring GFS Policy in Command Line Interface

After the GFS policy is applied, you can view GFS marked backups in the backup tree as backups appear according to the specified schedule. Refer to the chapter to view how the backup tree looks with assigned GFS keeping periods.

If you do not use GUI for some reason, you can easily configure the GFS policy for new or existing backup plans using the command line interface. To learn how to do it, refer to the chapter

Examples
Configuring GFS in Command Line Interface