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Backup in ASZ not erased

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In ASZ secure Zone, the backup scheme "Unique version" does not work, the backup file is not erased. Must be erased manually.

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Jean, there are some known issues with the ASZ that we are waiting a fix for, hopefully when we get the next update build for ATIH 2017, though I do not know if this specific issue is among them?

See the ATIH 2017 User Guide: Acronis Secure Zone and take a read through the lower section for ASZ cleanup which may offer some help in this area.

I do not use the ASZ (my personal preference) except for when testing problems for a recreation, as I prefer to have full control over my backup storage and especially with backup file naming.

KB 58730: Acronis True Image 2017: Backup to Acronis Secure Zone Fails with "Error occurred while opening the file" is one of the known issues for which we wait a fix in the next build update.

Thanks Steve for your answer.

I am using the ASZ backup for security reasons... It is more difficult for a virus to erase backup files in the ASZ protected by a password.

Regards

Jean

Actually no, it's not more secure, not reallyy.  ASZ is just as accessible to a virus as any other parition as it is accessible to the OS and is just a hidden parition that uses Fat32 as the parition type.  The backup may have a password, but does nothing to prevent malware or ransomware for making changes to ithe maini file (like deleting it or encyrpting it at the file level).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronis_Secure_Zone

Technical Details[edit]

Although the Acronis Secure Zone has its own partition type, it is actually just a rebadged FAT32 partition labeled ACRONIS SZ, with "partition type" code set to 0xBC. Knowing these requirements, one can manually create and/or manage existing Acronis Secure Zone using any partition manager. Since the ASZ is actually just a modified FAT32 partition type, it is possible to gain direct access to this partition by changing its partition type code to 0x0B (FAT32 LBA).

ATI is designed to self-manage the backup archives stored to the ASZ. As such, all backup files will be stored with autogenerated names in the root folder. If there is not enough freespace for the next backup file, ATI will automatically delete the oldest image set (base+incremental/differential files) in order to create space for the new files.