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Trying to find settings for the age of backups

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I want to tell ATI only want to keep x amount of back ups i.e 3 months, then overwrite.

or when backup drive is full overwrite oldest

hope some one can help

Stephen

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Hello Stephen,

I understand your question and will do my best to give you clear explanation. According to our registration database you have Acronis True Image 11 Home. In order to achieve the desired result I may recommend you create Acronis Backup Location. Backup Locations management is a feature of Acronis True Image Home that allows you to set up your own backup policy:

  • According to size of backup archives
  • According to quantity of the backup archives
  • According to date of the backup archives

See Acronis True Image 11 Home user’s guide 3.5 “Acronis backup locations” to read more about Backup Location http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/download/docs/

Using Backup Locations you may specify creation of a new full backup after the certain number of incremental and differential backups, when a new full backup is created the old one with all subsequent incremental or differential backups is deleted. Here is step-by-step instruction how to create Backup Location and get access to backup rules:

First of all please make sure you created backup location (Tools -> Management -> Manage Backup Locations and Archives -> Create Backup Location -> follow the wizard instructions to complete backup location, e.g. you may use one of your partitions). Then you will see a window with backup rules (you may specify location size quota, maximum number of backups, storage period limits).

When backup location is created you will be eligible for backup policy. Click Operation -> Create New Task -> Backup -> My Computer -> Disks and Partitions ->  In Backup Archive Location completely unfold Backup Location folder and choose previously created backup location (in folder line you will see “No file name is required in this area”), click next and you will see backup policy window.

Let us know if I have answered your question or if you need additional assistance.

Hi
I have created a Create Backup Location. but I'm getting duplicate entries with same time and date. see attached.

Anhang Größe
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