N2WS-22879 - DR retention is not working as expected

N2WS-22879 - DR retention is not working as expected

Issue:

When DR retention setting is different from the general retention setting, the DR snapshots are deleted too early.


Solution:

  1. v4.2.1: Patch is available and attached to this KB. 
  2. v4.2.0: Upgrade to 4.2.1 and apply patch

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