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"Delete Previous Backup archive" is Not Working

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I have set up several Backup jobs to backup each of my Hard Drives to an external USB drive using Incrementals. I set it to run for 7 Days, then start over (which causes one Full backup to run every 7 days followed by 6 Incrementals).

Initially my backup drive ran out of space within 2 weeks - no problem (I thought) - I will simply check the box under "Backup Method" that says says "Delete previous Backup Archive" which should cause the following to occur each week

Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun
FULL Backup - Incr - Incr - Incr - Incr - Incr - Incr
Delete previous Backups and run FULL Backup - Incr - Incr - Incr - Incr - Incr - Incr
Delete previous Backups and run FULL Backup - Incr - Incr - Incr - Incr - Incr - Incr
etc etc etc etc etc

I searched the Help menu and it says:

When the Remove previous backup archive check box is selected, creation of a new full backup in accordance with the specified backup policy results in deletion of the complete old backup chain – the old full backup and its subsequent incremental (or differential) backups regardless of the overall limitations you set on the archive at the Automatic consolidation step.

But noooooo . . . . the deletion is simply not working. It runs another set of backups every 7 days but NEVER Deletes ANYTHING. I ended up with about 16 files for each drive and my backup drive full. For example for my C drive there was one FULL backup, then 6 Incrementals, then another FULL, then 6 more Incrementals, then another FULL, then 2 Incrementals which took me from 16 days ago until today. But no Backups files were ever deleted !! I tried deleting ALL backups to give it a "fresh start" - but still not working. I am wondering if it is an issue with the Backup drive being a USB drive ? I recall there is some other issue with USB drives but cannot remember what it was. Anyway is there a fix for this ?? TIA

ls

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Ken,

ABR10 running out of disk space might have confused the scheduler - in my experience it keeps making multiple images to consolidate. The answer I have found is to edit the schedule, save it, then re-edit it back to what you want and save it again, this resets the database.

I suggest deleleting what you want to delete manually, then perform the schedule edit.