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When running Consolidate Versions nothing occurs?

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I've been trying to consolidate some backups that I've created and I can't get them to consolidate.

Using "Acronis True Image Home 2011, Update 1 (build 6597)" 

I select my backup from "Acronis True Image Home" it's called "KINGSTON30_GIG2", and from the "Operations \/" dropdown menu, I select "More >" and then "Consolidate versions".

In the resulting window there is a list of my backups for the KINGSTON30_GIG2 backup and it looks like this:

Name Created Method Path
* KINGSTON30_GIG2 11/26/2010 12:52:01 AM Full Backup S:\My Backups\KINGSTON30_GIG2.tib
KINGSTON30_GIG2(1) 12/20/2010 11:20:56 AM Incremental backup S:\My Backups\KINGSTON30_GIG2(1).tib
KINGSTON30_GIG2(1)3 1/8/2011 11:22:31 PM Incremental backup S:\My Backups\KINGSTON30_GIG2(1)3.tib
KINGSTON30_GIG2(1)4 1/12/2011 11:25:05 PM Incremental backup S:\My Backups\KINGSTON30_GIG2(1)4.tib
* KINGSTON30_GIG2(1)5 1/29/2011 11:03:32 AM Incremental backup S:\My Backups\KINGSTON30_GIG2(1)5.tib

The way I thought this would work, would be to check the first Full Backup, and check the latest Incremental Backup (KINGSTON30_GIG2(1)5 | 1/29/2011), as the window asks you "which backups you would like to keep".   This led me to believe that the result of running the Consolidate versions would leave me with just the first full backup and the latest Incremental Backup.

However with these backups selected to be kept, after clicking the "Next >" button and on the resulting screen clicking the "Proceed" button, I end up with exactly what I started with: nothing appears to be consolidated.

I've also tried the same procedure checking to keep just the last Incremental backup (which doesn't make any sense to me, but I figured I'd try it anyway), and I end up with the same result; no backups are consolidated.  Am I missing something? Is there something else I need to do to consolidate the backups?

Thank you, 

    Andrew J. Leer

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The way I look at consolidation, it folds incremental/differential backups into the full. So the first one you can consolidate is your *first* incremental after the full.
Here is what you should try:
- first, if possible, make a copy of your current TIB files(at least the last full) to an other directory using windows explorer, for safe keeping. In case the consolidation doesn't give you what you want for any reason, while you experiment, you don't lose your full backup at least,
- validate your backup,
- start the consolidate version wizard,
- select the last incremental(s) you want to keep (the last one is selected by defaut, but you can check none also), but not the full (this one you cannot keep because it will be modified by the consolidation)
- go through the rest of the wizard,
- once consolidation is done, validate your last incremental backup to make sure the chain is still working.

Personally, I avoid consolidation. I prefer starting a new chain and then erase the previous one. Sometimes, it is not practical because of available space...

In the backup scheme, choose custom, then choose incremental as backup method, then set it to create a new full version after x incrementals, turn on auto-cleaning options that choose how you want to constrain your backup size.
Make sure you exit the backup options windows while the backup scheme tab is active. Otherwise you will lose the autocleaning settings (a known bug)

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