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Windows SBS 2003 filling up disk with NTbackup files
(NB This question is similar to https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/24587908/Windows-2003-server-and-NTbackup-catalogs.html but the page linked to in the accepted answer is missing now, presumed defunct...)
I have an SBS 2003 server but space was filling up quickly on the system partition (C:\) and less than 1GB left.
I tracked down 9GB of data to the following folder:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows NT\NTBackup\catalogs51
which contains files ending in extension .V01 (mainly, well 99% of them anyhow)...
dating way back in time to the initial installation of the server 7 years ago
having read up the other question and some of the answers I decided to delete all but those .V01 files from this year (and a .SM and a .VDD from the end of last year) which got rid of 8GB.
Just worried if my backup is now going to be screwed?
I don't mind if a restore takes a bit longer...
cheers
I have an SBS 2003 server but space was filling up quickly on the system partition (C:\) and less than 1GB left.
I tracked down 9GB of data to the following folder:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows NT\NTBackup\catalogs51
which contains files ending in extension .V01 (mainly, well 99% of them anyhow)...
dating way back in time to the initial installation of the server 7 years ago
having read up the other question and some of the answers I decided to delete all but those .V01 files from this year (and a .SM and a .VDD from the end of last year) which got rid of 8GB.
Just worried if my backup is now going to be screwed?
I don't mind if a restore takes a bit longer...
cheers
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However the data is being backed up to tape, its only these V01 files that are going to C:\.
I had a quick look rounds SBS's backup configuration and couldn't see a way to change the location of the log files (if indeed this is what they are).