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which files to remove after backup failure and disk is full?

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Hi, I'm running TIH 2009.  Backup failures filled up disk.  Which files can be removed?

I've had a couple backup/consolidation failures mostly due to insufficient swap and (I think) due to contention with other disk intensive tasks. In any event, the partial backups/consolidations have eaten up all my disk space. Which ones could I safely remove to clear up some disk space and resume my backups? My files look like this:

MyBackup.tib
MyBackup1.tib
MyBackup2.tib
...
MyBackup10.tib
MyBackup10_0C7A0D76-DFFA-4ACA-B55C-22A85E3B72441.tib
MyBackup10_45692E5C-7C83-4797-BAD9-53DB17D1BA371.tib
...

Are the file with 'complex' names temp files?

Thanks for any help. There really should be a cleanup option.

Also, is it a smooth transition from 2009 to 2011?

Thanks, r.

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Richard,

You can delete the complex files. Consolidation can fail with lack of space. I personally don't use it consolidation. I simply ask ATI to do a new full backup every 6 partial and I keep a limited amount of chains.
I see you run up to 10 partials. A good rule of thumb is that your last full should never be too old for you to go back to if you had to (chain of partial compromised).

2011 is very different from 2009. Lots of 2010 users hate the interface. I like it. Your mileage will vary. If your 2009 is working fine and you have a recovery CD that you HAVE tested and is working, you can safely stay with 2009. If you want to use Win7, you should consider upgrading.

If you want to try, do a backup of your system before you install 2011. Then uninstall 2009, reboot and install the trial version.

Thank you very much.
One quick question: when you say a recovery CD that I've tested, do you mean a recovery CD that boots properly or one that I've used to actually recover my system from?

Thanks, r.

One FYI, I wasn't notified via email when you responded to my post. Hmm.
Thanks again.

Yes.

Thanks, but, "yes" to which one:

1) recovery CD that boots properly
2) recovery CD and backup that has actually restored a system.

Thanks again, Cheers, r.

Sorry. I meant both of them, since you couldn't do 2 without 1.