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Difference between different versions of the same storage location

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I have a weird problem with a large backup system with many moving parts.

The system was built before I got here, but not expertly. After several months, and plenty of patience, it's finally at a point where we almost have everything backing up as needed.

One of the problems with managing the space, however, is that certain storage spaces are represented more than once, and each representation of the same storage space can't see the objects in the other representation.

All of the attached images are the same actual drive, but as you can see, the contents differ based on the "backup location". All of these were browsed from the same agent, the one installed on the machine hosting the drives.

I have 2 main problems.

1. I would like to consolidate these, to prevent fragmented or lost backups. The only way I can see to do it is by exporting each backup separately (or creating a replication job), and then deleting them from the source. The problem is that, as you can see, we're dealing with a lot of data here; ideally if there were a method to cut and paste instead, I'd be all for that. Any suggestions?

 

2. How can I get the most accurate reading of available space? None of the listed amounts of space reflect what I see in windows explorer.

 

Thanks in advance for any help!

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Hello Kyle,

welcome to Acronis forums and thanks for posting your question!

One of the problems with managing the space, however, is that certain storage spaces are represented more than once, and each representation of the same storage space can't see the objects in the other representation.

According to the screenshots that you've shared, Arch-FDrive is location on a Acronis Storage Node created on FDrive, Arch_FDrive_Share is a shared folder on FDrive (these are two different types of locations created with different components ASN and Acronis Agent) and the third location is also a network share (perhaps it was created by another Acronis Agent from another PC with different access rights ).

I would like to consolidate these, to prevent fragmented or lost backups. The only way I can see to do it is by exporting each backup separately (or creating a replication job)

A single replication plan cannot be created if all these locations are created with different Acronis components (the source should be the same). I recommend that you open a case with Acronis Support Team and request a remote connection so that Acronis support engineers could help you to sort out all your backups.