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Backup Job runs Amok

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Hi,

I have set following options for my backup in Acronis True Image 2016.

It should take 5 differential Backups (Monday to Friday) and at least one Fullbackup in a week.

After 14 days, the oldest Backup should be cleared.

This worked nice for over two months, but on friday it took 64 Backups (5 differntial, 1 Fullbackup, 5 diffential, 1 Fullbackup and so on).

So how could i fix this ?

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HM-Net, welcome to these user forums.

Thank you for the screen capture showing your backup files which also shows that the backups are being run approximately every 25 minutes instead of daily, which in turn suggests that you are encountering an error condition and invoking the Error Handling conditions set on the Advanced page tab of your backup task configuration.

Please download a copy of the Log File Viewer app (link in my signature below) and use this to look for any messages to indicate what error condition is being encountered.

I would recommend selecting your backup task in the ATIH GUI, click on Options, then on the Advanced tab, and then change the default retry period in the Error Handling section to be in a period of Hours (the default is in Seconds!).  This should stop the continuous repeat of the backup task.