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ScotH's avatar
ScotH
Level 4
14 years ago

How get Backup Exec to delete snapshots?

With Advanced Open File option turned on in Backup Exec, snapshots are created for VMWare virtual machines.  These snapshots are not deleted after the backup completes, however.  How can I get these s...
  • Ben_L_'s avatar
    14 years ago

    They should be automatically deleted when the backup completes.  But It looks like you have a few snapshots from before Backup Exec started running backups.  Can you remove all the snapshots then try running another backup to see if it deletes the new one?