Overwriting / Deleting previous backup
I perform a full backup, once a week, to many of my servesrs. All I want the job to do is to delete the old backup then create the new backup (or vice versa). However, I cannot get this to work, even though it says the cleanup was successful.
My guess is the problem is with the retention rules. When setting it up, I have to tell it what to do if the backup has dependencies. As far as I aware, the backup has no dependencies, just delete the old image and make me a new one.
I've contacted support twice about this and all I get it to upgrade to the latest version. After twice doing it, I'm still not getting anywhere and they seem confused when I try to explain what I am trying to achieve. Also, tired of the email correspondence.
I have make many weekly backups and do not have the drive space to retain multiple backups for each server. Anybody know of a way I can work around this issue?

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I was able to get the issue resolved by clicking on the option to run the cleanup before and after the backup. Of course I get the long detailed names, but I can live with that.
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