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Tim_Parry
Level 2
12 years ago

Deleting Backed Up Files from Storage Location Manually

Hi All, I have an upgraded DLO 7.5 setup without the dedup option configured. A user has saved some "inappropriate" AVI's on his laptop, which have been backed up to his local storage location.  We...
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  • CraigV's avatar
    CraigV
    12 years ago

    ...mmm, it shouldn't break anything. If it does, just redo his backup. This assumes you can access the file to delete it as it is encrypted.

    If you want confirmation on this, it would then be best to contact Symantec and log a call around this.

    Thanks!

Tim_Parry's avatar
Tim_Parry
Level 2
12 years ago

Thanks Craig. The user's still with us, and I don't want to affect the rest of the backup, just remove the offending files. Changing the retention period will either involve changing it for everyone using the profile, or creating a new profile just for him and affecting the retention period on all the other backed up files.

Do you know if deleting from the storage location manually will break anything between client and server?

Thanks,

Tim