Mandatory with Automatic File Retention Guidelines

Extra caution should be observed when using both mandatory and automatic file retention together because filesystems might be preserved for longer than anticipated or consume more storage resources than originally planned. Remember that mandatory file retention affects the filesystem, its project, and its storage pool.

For mandatory with automatic file retention, the share, project, and storage pool are protected for the grace period plus the default period when automatic retention is first enabled, and then extended with each write to a file. The files in the share must have no writes for the grace period plus the default period before the share, project or storage pool can be deleted or unconfigured.