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# Run Snapshot Policy Retention Rules

The *Run Snapshot Policy Retention Rules* feature is used to force a snapshot to look for records that should be deleted from the Snapshot based on its retention rules and then delete the records. This happens automatically for active *Snapshot Policies* as part of the regular CopyStorm backup process, so this feature is most useful for inactive *Snapshot Policies*.

The *Run Snapshot Policy Retention Rules* feature is accessed from the right-click context menu on the CopyStorm Snapshot tab.

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There are only two parameter options when running retention rules.

* Search Batch Size — number of records that will be searched at once for potential deletion.
* Deletion Batch Size — number of records that will be deleted in a single database transaction.

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