Delete old backups after reinstalling veritas backup exec
Hi,
Some background: I had an trial version of veritas backup installed that a backup job running for some months. The backup job eventually began to fail becuase the trial period ran out. Therefore i was tasked with licensing the software. In doing so i tried to upgrade the software to version 24 but i was unable to do so because the trial version had some components installed that i was unsuccessful in trying to remove. Therefore i decided to uninstall the old version of veritas backup entirely and then install veritas backup 24.
The problem: I'm trying to delete some old backup files inside of a "trashbox" folder that are picking up space on my NAS. These backup files were created from the trial version of veritas backup that i had installed. When I try to delete the files it says I need permission from Unix User\Nobody to remove the files. I assume this is because i needed to delete these files with the old version of veritas backup before I uninstalled it. Is there any way to fix this? as I need to free up the space in order to make room for the new backup jobs that i have configured and are already running.
Found the Solution:
You need to change disk storage lockdown to Disabled in order to delete old backup files manually.
Do the following:
Go to : Configuration and settings > backup exec settings > network and security
And on that page change the Disk storage lockdown setting to disabled. Then you can try to delete files from the disk.
Credit to this youtube video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dstcMy6tPnU