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BE15 Storage location

SymQNA
Level 5

On our media servers, we cannot put Full and Diff backup into same volume due to insufficient space. Will there be any problem for BE15 to delete expired .bkf files according to the days in "keep for"  defined in backup job ?

I found my full and diff expired .bkf files cannot be auto removed, don't know if it is due to different volume.

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pkh
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DLM will manage the deletions even if the backup sets are on different content volumes.

Are the volumes online all the time? One of the reasons for the backup sets not to be deleted is that the volume is offline and missed the grooming cycle.

DLM is also a bit tricky because there are a lot of rules. See my article below.

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/articles/when-backup-sets-are-deleted-under-dlm

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VJware
Level 6
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Nopes, different volumes should not be a problem. Have a look @ these links as to how DLM actually removes the backup sets -

https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.TECH214945.html

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/articles/automated-disk-management-and-data-retention-backup-exec-dlm-or-data-lifecycle-management

pkh
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DLM will manage the deletions even if the backup sets are on different content volumes.

Are the volumes online all the time? One of the reasons for the backup sets not to be deleted is that the volume is offline and missed the grooming cycle.

DLM is also a bit tricky because there are a lot of rules. See my article below.

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/articles/when-backup-sets-are-deleted-under-dlm