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Delete old backups from servers

  • 27 February 2023
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Hi,

How to make sure that CommCell delete the old backups ?  

I am running CommServe v 11:28:19 

 

Thanks 


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Can you please provide more information?  Are you wanting to delete all backups?  Delete some backups?  Are the backups on Tape, Disk, Cloud?

 

 

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Backups on disks on the server and it is supposed to be deleted by CommCell as they are old and retentiontio set to 30 days

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I would recommend first investigating the reason that jobs are not aging.  In the CommCell console, you can run a report called the Data Retention Forecast and Compliance report.  You can run it against an individual storage policy or a library.  You will see a column that lists the reason that each job is held in retention.

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It will be done, but my main question is, why are these old backups still available? CoomCell should only keep the latest backups when nothing has changed.

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There are rules for retention.  The report mentioned will tell you why each job is being held past retention.

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