Symptoms:
You can use the vCenter Server Appliance Management Interface to back up the vCenter Server instance, however the option
Number of backups to retain \ retain last X backups wouldn't work. This is applicable for all vCenter version 6.7.X with all available protocol type (FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, SFTP, NFS, or SMB).
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You may see number of backups higher than the retention period given in the VAMI backup schedule.