ATI 2017 not removing older chains
I have a custom incremental backup scheme defined to create a full backup after six incrementals and to keep no more than 2 chains.
Looking in my NAS today I see four chains when I expected only two.
I've attached a screenshot of the custom scheme.
ATI is build 5554 backing up to a Synology NAS. I'm using the IP address workaround for the NAS due to the authentication issues with ATI and Windows.
Any ideas why ATi is not removing the older chains?
Thanks!
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Thanks Steve!
This is happening on all three Windows 7 machines at my office by the way.
Those logs are gnarley but I do see an error message of "Failed to perform consolidation. Ensure that the credentials are correct" in relation to the Synology NAS so I think you nailed it.
I manually deleted the older chains and tried a file restore telling ATI to ignore the errors. It seemed to work OK.
I'm also holding for the official new build for ATI 2017.
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Steve, glad that the workaround worked for you too - there have been suggestions of other ways around this issue but I would rather wait for a proper fix than start having to use IP address for my NAS or apply temporary patches etc.
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The trouble with the chains is on my business network with unpatched ATI 2017.
I did patch the installations on my home network to build 5555 when first trying to resolve the NAS authentication problem and the chains for those machines are automatically removed as expected. I just didn't want to patch the installations on my business network. The PCs at home are all Wndows 10 as well.
I'm hoping the next ATI 2017 resolves the issues. I'm working around three issues at this point.
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Steve, the new build 6116 which is currently only available for the 2017 NG Premium (subscription version) should contain fixes for most of the key problems identifed with 5554 - I have it on a laptop at present but not on the Windows 7 system with this problem (didn't want to put the Premium on all my systems as my personal preference is to stay with perpetual licenses, not subscription - the latter is from being an MVP for testing).
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Automatic clean-up (consolidation) on the NAS is working properly with ATI 2017 build 8029
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Steve, thanks for your confirmation, I have found the same myself since upgrading to build 8029.
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