Files in Long-term Storage Were Detected (code 1532)

Situation

A backup plan finishes with the following error: Files in long-term storage were detected. Current generation files were detected in long-term storage

Cause

This error appears in cases when some files required to be in hot access tiers are in long-term storage (for example, S3 Glacier-Flexible Retrieval storage class). This usually happens due to the lifecycle policy settings when data is moved to the long-term tiers automatically after the specified keeping period.

Forever Forward Incremental is not supported if some data is in long-term storage.

Solution

To avoid such situations, check your lifecycle rules in the storage account.

MSP360 (formerly CloudBerry) Backup

For AWS S3, proceed as follows:

1. Click Tools.
2. Click Lifecycle Rules.
3. Select the storage account that is specified in the backup plan that produced the error.
4. Unselect the required check box on the bucket or the backup prefix to unapply lifecycle rules.

5. Click OK.

Managed Backup

1. Open the Management Console.
2. On Storage select the Storage Accounts item if you use legacy main menu, or open Backup > Storage Accounts page in the new main menu.

3. Select the storage account you want to check.
4. Click on the gear icon to the right of the storage account.
5. Click on the Lifecycle Rules Settings

6. Make changes, if necessary. Click OK