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LMG1
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10 years ago
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Housekeeping options with Backup Exec 2012 Ver 14.0 Rev 1798

We are running out of disk space on our server's 'C' drive. What housekeeping routines are available under Backup Exec 2012 Ver. 14.0 Rev 1798 to clear out historic data & obsolete files?

 

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  • Colin_Weaver's avatar
    Colin_Weaver
    10 years ago

    By the sounds of it it is either not Backup Exec using your space or you need to think about relocating the whole of Backup Eec onto another volumes (which would involve and uninstall re-install (of course after copying the BEDB and the catalogs etc away)

     

    Is your Backup to Disk folder also on the C: drive?

     

    Also what is the actual capacity of your C: drive as you may need to plan to increase that if it is under specified.

     

     

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  • AmolB's avatar
    AmolB
    Moderator
    10 years ago

    Check the size of catalogs folder. If its too large then think about moving the folder to another drive.

    Refer to https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.tech29603.html

  • LMG1's avatar
    LMG1
    Level 3
    10 years ago

    Thanks for your prompt response - I have already moved the catalog and job logs to another drive. Are there any other areas to consider?

  • AmolB's avatar
    AmolB
    Moderator
    10 years ago

    What is the size of the Data folder located under the BE installation directory?

    Do you see any large XML files under Data folder?

  • LMG1's avatar
    LMG1
    Level 3
    10 years ago

    Hi - The data folder is only 64mb - there are no large XML files that I can see

  • pkh's avatar
    pkh
    Moderator
    10 years ago
    If you cannot spare. 64Mb on your C: drive then you are in real trouble. Since you have already moved out the catalogs and the joblogs, what else do you want to squeeze out of BE? It might be more productive if you look elsewhere
  • LMG1's avatar
    LMG1
    Level 3
    10 years ago

    Comments noted - The reason for raising the question is to ensure that I have not missed anything obvious i.e. truncating log files / SQL databases etc. It would be a shame if there was a housekeeping routine or something that I hadn't actioned because I wasn't aware of it.

    To clarify, other than moving the log files and catalog files to another drive, there's nothing else I can do?

  • Colin_Weaver's avatar
    Colin_Weaver
    Moderator
    10 years ago

    By the sounds of it it is either not Backup Exec using your space or you need to think about relocating the whole of Backup Eec onto another volumes (which would involve and uninstall re-install (of course after copying the BEDB and the catalogs etc away)

     

    Is your Backup to Disk folder also on the C: drive?

     

    Also what is the actual capacity of your C: drive as you may need to plan to increase that if it is under specified.