You can modify the replication options, Snapshot copy retention settings, error retry count, or scripts information while a policy is attached to a resource or resource group. You can modify the schedule type (frequency) only after you detach a policy.
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Add an additional schedule type | Create a new policy and attach it to the necessary resources or resource groups. For example, if a resource group policy specifies only hourly backups and you want to add daily backups also, you can create a policy with a daily schedule type and add it to the resource group. The resource group would then have two policies: hourly and daily. |
Remove or change a schedule type |
For example, if a policy specifies hourly backups and you want to change that to daily backups, you must detach the policy first. Note: You cannot detach the last remaining policy from a individual resource because every resource must have at least one policy attached. Therefore, if you want to modify the schedule type of the only policy attached to a resource, you must perform the following:
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