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Backup exec 10d Backup to Disk folders...

We recently installed backup exec 10d and are using it to backup to a snap drive on our network.

We set up backup to disk folders and a daily backup job using this document form Symantec:

http://support.veritas.com/docs/266377.htm

Everything is working fine except that we are now about to run out of room on the snap drive. We don't want to manually go in and delete files every time this happens. How can we set up the backup to delete the oldest backup when it is about to run out of room on the snap disk?

Currently we have a backup to disk folder created and a daily backup job that backus up to that backup to disk folder every night at 7:00.

I did notice that I could set a disk space reserve in the properties of the backup to disk folder, but it says once that limit is reached the system will stop accepting backup jobs. Obviously this is not what we are looking for. we want it to delete 1 or 2 of the oldest backups when this happens.

rindi

In the job setup there is a setting where you can tell backupexec to overwrite the destination. This will overwrite the oldest files when space is needed. If this option wasn't set for the backups until now, you will have to delete these manually because the media has been marked not to be overwritten by a previous backup (if you look at the media you'll see until when it can't be overwritten).

So, if that option hasn't been set yet, you should change your backup job with this option set, but until the disk has been completely recycled you'll have to delete the old backups yourself.

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