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Cleanup failed - previous versions not deleted.

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I changed the options of one of my tasks, which creates full backups only, to store no more than 2 recent versions.

When the task finshed running last night I expected it to delete all but the 2 most recent tib files but it didnt.

I doubled checked that the "Do not delete first version" was not ticked

Unfortunately there is now insufficient space for the next backup.

Is there a way I can delete the older versions without upsetting the task when it next runs and does the validation?

Any ideas why the cleanup didnt work? Is it fixable?

Or should I just scrub that task and create a new one?

Thanks.

B R

 

 

 

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B R, making changes to the cleanup rules has been known to have side-effects such as resetting the count of incrementals etc.

There are two options I can suggest here.

Use the Clone settings option for the task and then point the new cloned task to a new folder on your destination drive, then remove the original task which will allow you to manually delete any unwanted backups created by that task with no issues, as all references to the files are purged from the Acronis Database when the task is removed from the GUI.

Manually delete any unwanted backup files from your destination drive via Explorer then do a Validation for the backup task that created those deleted files, taking the Ignore option for each message that pops up for each missing file.  This should attempt to reconcile the information in the Acronis Database with the actual new status of files belonging to the task.

In reply to by truwrikodrorow…

Thanks very much Steve.

Ive done as you have suggested.

Much appreciated. Saved me a lot of messing around.

Cheers.

B R