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Nidall -
Here are a couple of places for you to look to see what's happening:
1) Check to see if Data Lifecycle Management (DLM) is running on your media server:
a) In BE2012, click the Backup Exec Jewel (upper left corner)
b) Click "Configuration and Settings", "Audit Log"
c) Select the category "Backup Set Retention" and make sure that you sort by Date at least once (I normally do it twice to get the most recent at the top).
d)The dates/times that DLM has run are listed - DLM CAN run as often as every 4 hours - you CANNOT force DLM to run manually.
e) You should see 2 types of transactions: "Deleted expired image" AND "Deleted expired media" - deleting the image happens first and moves the BKF into the "Scratch" category while deleting the media happens afterward and is the process of removing the BKF from the disk storage.
f) If you do NOT see DLM running recently and deleting files, then you may have a problem with DLM and either need to log a case, delete some files manually (via BE2012 interface), or re-verify that your expectations for when backups are available for pruning are what BE expects, or all of the above...
2) Check to see if the existing backup sets are available for being pruned by DLM
a) In BE2012, Click Storage, <your storage device>, Backup Sets
b) This non-sortable list gives you ALL of the backup sets that are on the device in order from most recent Backup Time to the oldest
c) Scroll to the bottom - if you have more than 1000 backup sets on the device be very persistent at scrolling to the VERY bottom.
d) Select one of the backup sets that you believe is expired (and should be removed) right-click and select "Delete"
e) If there are no other backup sets that are dependent upon this one you will only receive a prompt to delete the set - DLM should be doing this to this set in the near future.
f) If there ARE other backup sets that are dependent upon this one, after you answer "Yes" to do you want to delete?, you will be given a list of the dependencies.
g) The list of dependencies will have all of the backup sets that are preventing this one backup set from being deleted. Carefully review the dates on the dependent backup sets, if any are in the future, that is why DLM is not pruning that backup set.
h) Correct your expiration date and time settings and you may also need to delete backup sets manually to remove ones you believe should be expired, but which Backup Exec does not.
Good Luck.
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