ATIH 2014 Premium: scheduling single versions does NOT overwrite old version.
Build 6688
So, I finally decided that I would schedule some backups. I set it up for single versions. Works beautifully, wakes up the computer, creates the full SINGLE VERSION image and goes back to sleep. Except that it creates multiple single versions. It doesn't overwrite the old version, it simply appends a sequential number to the end of the filename (see image).
Now, Acronis's own definition of a Single Version is: "The program overwrites a full backup version everytime"
Not happening here. I have to delete old version so that it doesn't fill up the disk space with my 60GB images.
Is this a known issue? Is there anyway to correct this? It has happened with 2 different builds.
Thanks for any ideas.
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Hi Grover,
Thanks for your comments. It's encouraging to know that success is possible. I didn't edit an old task, but did use similar (not identical) names and pointed them to the same folder. It seems odd that an issue would exist because of that. I hope to have time to look into your method this weekend. I'll post back the results.
Thanks again.
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Thanks for your help, Grover. Your method seems to have worked. I scheduled 2 backups of my system drive and the schedule has occurred 3 times now. System backup 2 & 3 exist. System backup one was automatically deleted. Thanks again.
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Yes, I have found the backup cleaning will occur but the user has to set it up exactly and then leave it alone without any further changes.
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