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How many backups do you have there already?
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How many backups do you have there already?

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Hi noxcho and SelfGovern,<br />
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Thanks. &nbsp;But how do I set the old backups to expire in Windows Server 2012?<br />
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Please see the attached screenshot.<br />
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Thanks,<br />
Mike<br />
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Hi noxcho and SelfGovern,

Thanks.  But how do I set the old backups to expire in Windows Server 2012?

Please see the attached screenshot.

Thanks,
Mike
ScreenShot.bmp [https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2014/03_w13/841580/ScreenShot.bmp]

ScreenShot.bmp

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Dear Experts,<br />
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We have a Windows 2012 Server and use the built in Windows Server Backup. &nbsp;The Windows Image Backup is the only thing saved to a 1TB NAS. &nbsp;The actual image backup is only 175 GB, yet the NAS drive is reporting over 800GB of data used. &nbsp;What could be hogging the space? &nbsp;On examination of the drive in Windows Explorer, I cannot find anything that could be contributing to this. &nbsp;<br />
<br />
Thanks for your help.<br />
<br />
Mike
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Dear Experts,

We have a Windows 2012 Server and use the built in Windows Server Backup.  The Windows Image Backup is the only thing saved to a 1TB NAS.  The actual image backup is only 175 GB, yet the NAS drive is reporting over 800GB of data used.  What could be hogging the space?  On examination of the drive in Windows Explorer, I cannot find anything that could be contributing to this.  

Thanks for your help.

Mike

Windows Server 2012 Backup Issue

The Microsoft Server topic includes all of the legacy versions of the operating system, including the Windows NT 3.1, NT 3.5, NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 and Windows Home Server versions.

Microsoft Server OS

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.

Windows Server 2012

The term "Backup" means the methods and processes involved to copy computer data (system data as well as application data) to media other than the ones where the data originally live (disk, tape, optical, cloud). "Restore" in turn means the methods and processes involved in data recovery, i. e., bringing back copied computer data to their original location. Backup/Restore primarily serves as a means of protection against data loss, be it due to disaster, corruption or sabotage. It can also be used for recovering data from an earlier point in time and even for cloning machines or applications. There is a wide variety of backup/restore software available, from expensive commercial products to free or open source tools.