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Backup images not auto deleting

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I've never been able to have ATI auto delete old back up images.   I run an incremental back up scheme with a new image being created every 6 weeks.  Store no more than 3 most recent version chains checked.   The older ones never delete unless I manually delete.   I have 5 complete schemes no.   I ignored this for over a year, and manually deleted old chains every few months.  I changed settings to 2 or 5 most recent versions and has never worked.

Any thoughts?

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Steven, the key suggestion that I can make here is to create a completely new backup task with the settings you want to use and with a unique task name that hasn't been used previously, then check that this will perform automatic cleanup correctly.

My own personal experience is that automatic cleanup does work provided no changes are being made to either the backup task configuration settings and files are not deleted outside of ATI.  The latter action leaves information behind in an internal database used by ATI which can then cause other issues along the line.