If this option is available in your WDK-based application, you can define a retention period for content.
A retention period is the amount of time that the content must be retained. If a retention period is defined for content in the storage system, you cannot remove the file from the system until that period has expired. For example, if you set the retention date for an object to February 15, 2006, the content cannot be moved or removed until February 15, 2011.
You can set the retention date for all renditions associated with an object in your repository. On the date you specify, Content Storage Services will move the selected object, plus all of its associated renditions, to a retention-enabled storage area. If there are multiple retention-enabled storage areas in your system, you must select the target storage area.
If you have a storage allocation policy defined for the object’s type, the policy will not execute if you set a retention date for the content. Setting a retention date and executing a storage allocation policy are mutually exclusive actions because by setting a retention date, you are indirectly selecting the store.
To set or update a retention date for a document or other repository object:
If this option is available in your WDK-based application, you can define a retention period for content.
Navigate to the cabinet or folder containing the object for which you want to specify a retention date.
Select the object, then select Tools>Set Retention Date.
The Set Retention Date page is displayed.
Click the calendar button associated with the Retention Date field to select the retention date for the primary content and renditions associated with page 0 of this object.
If the repository has more than one retention-enabled store, select the name of a storage area from the pull-down menu on the Retention Enabled Store field.
Click OK.