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AbstractCollectionBase Class

ActivationExecutionContext Enumeration

AffinityInfo Class

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ArrayListCollectionBase Class

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AsymmetricKey Class

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AsyncStatus Class

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AuditExtender Class

AuditFileSizeUnit Enumeration

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AuthenticationType Enumeration

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AvailabilityGroup Class

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AvailabilityGroupCollection Class

AvailabilityGroupFailureConditionLevel Enumeration

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AvailabilityGroupListenerIPAddress Class

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AvailabilityGroupRollupSynchronizationState Enumeration

AvailabilityGroupState Class

AvailabilityReplica Class

AvailabilityReplicaAvailabilityMode Enumeration

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AvailabilityReplicaConnectionModeInPrimaryRole Enumeration

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AvailabilityReplicaConnectionState Enumeration

AvailabilityReplicaFailoverMode Enumeration

AvailabilityReplicaJoinState Enumeration

AvailabilityReplicaOperationalState Enumeration

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AvailabilityReplicaRollupRecoveryState Enumeration

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Backup Class

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BackupCompressionOptions Enumeration

BackupDevice Class

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BackupDeviceItem Class

BackupDeviceList Class

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BackupMediaSet Class

BackupMediaSet.IncompleteBackupMediaSetException Class

BackupRestoreBase Class

BackupRestoreBase.AsyncOperation Enumeration

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CollectionNotAvailableException Class

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DatabaseCollection Class

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DatabaseDdlTriggerExecutionContext Enumeration

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DatabaseReplicaSuspendReason Enumeration

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ResourceUsage Enumeration

Restore Class

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RestorePlan Class

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RetentionPeriodUnits Enumeration

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Rule Class

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Scheduler Class

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Schema Class

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ScriptingOptions Class

ScriptNameObjectBase Class

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SearchProperty Class

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SecondaryXmlIndexType Enumeration

SequenceCacheType Enumeration

SequenceCollection Class

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Server Class

ServerActiveDirectory Class

ServerAdapter Class

ServerAdapterBase Class

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ServerAuditSpecificationExtender Class

ServerConfigurationAdapter Class

ServerDdlTrigger Class

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ServerDdlTriggerExecutionContext Enumeration

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ServerLoginMode Enumeration

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ServerPermissionSetValue Enumeration

ServerProxyAccount Class

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SimpleObjectCollectionBase Class

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SmoApplication.ObjectRenamedEventHandler Delegate

SmoCollectionBase Class

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SmoException Class

SmoExceptionType Enumeration

SmoObjectBase Class

SmoObjectExtender(T) Class

SnapshotIsolationState Enumeration

SoapMethodCollectionBase Class

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SqlAssembly Class

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SuspectPage Class

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SymmetricKeyEncryptionAlgorithm Enumeration

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Synonym Class

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UrnCollection Class

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UserDefinedFunctionParameterCollection Class

UserDefinedFunctionType Enumeration

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UserDefinedTableType Class

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VerifyCompleteEventArgs Class

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WindowsLoginAccessType Enumeration

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RetentionPeriodUnits Enumeration

SQL Server 2012

Enumerates values that specify the units for the retention period.

This enumeration has a FlagsAttribute attribute that allows a bitwise combination of its member values.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.SqlEnum (in Microsoft.SqlServer.SqlEnum.dll)

[FlagsAttribute]
public enum RetentionPeriodUnits

	Member name	Description
	None	No RetentionPeriod.
	Minutes	RetentionPeriod property will be measured in minutes.
	Hours	RetentionPeriod property will be measured in hours.
	Days	RetentionPeriod property will be measured in days.

Reference

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

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