Note that objects with `null` versions, i.e. objects created prior to enabling versioning break the immutability guarantees provided by versioning. When existing object replication is enabled, these objects will be replicated as `null` versions to the remote targets provided they are not present on the target or if `null` version of object on source is newer than the `null` version of object on target.

Lifecycle transition functionality provided in [bucket lifecycle guide](https://github.com/minio/minio/master/docs/bucket/lifecycle/README.md) allows tiering of content from MinIO object store to public clouds or other MinIO clusters.