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OK I'll give it a try and report back<br />
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Thanks!
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OK I'll give it a try and report back

Thanks!

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Sorry for the delay but that worked. <br />
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Thank you!
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Sorry for the delay but that worked.

Thank you!

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I have a 2008R2 server running exchange 2007. We are using windows server backup to backup exchange data and local system data to a SCSI attached drive mounted as X:<br />
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This drive is now full and it appears that windows backup is doing as expected by deleting the oldest backup automatically, however we would like to delete quite a few of the older backups. I have looked through the following resources for help<br />
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<a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/filecab/archive/2009/06/22/backup-version-and-space-management-in-windows-server-backup.aspx" rel="ugc">http://blogs.technet.com/b/filecab/archive/2009/06/22/backup-version-and-space-management-in-windows-server-backup.aspx</a><br />
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If I try to perform vssadmin Delete Shadows /For=X: /Oldest <br />
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I get the error &quot;No items found to satisfy the query&quot;.<br />
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Am I missing something easy here? Or is there complication due to the fact that the job contains exchange backups as well as system state backups?<br />
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Your expert guidance is appreciated!
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I have a 2008R2 server running exchange 2007. We are using windows server backup to backup exchange data and local system data to a SCSI attached drive mounted as X:

This drive is now full and it appears that windows backup is doing as expected by deleting the oldest backup automatically, however we would like to delete quite a few of the older backups. I have looked through the following resources for help

http://blogs.technet.com/b/filecab/archive/2009/06/22/backup-version-and-space-management-in-windows-server-backup.aspx

If I try to perform vssadmin Delete Shadows /For=X: /Oldest 

I get the error "No items found to satisfy the query".

Am I missing something easy here? Or is there complication due to the fact that the job contains exchange backups as well as system state backups?

Your expert guidance is appreciated!

Windows 2008 R2 cannot delete older backups

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.