Deleteing .BKF files in 2012

[InSixDays]

How do you delete old .bkf files without running a catalog on them in 2012.  I have 10TB of files and it is taking forever to catalog.  Can you  just delete them in Windows Explorer?  In 2010 you could do a scan and see them without a catalog and then move them to scratch.  The files I want to delete were created with 2010 and have an infinite expiration setting and now I need to free up that space.

Thanks!

[CraigV]

Hi,

You can try moving them to the Retired media folder, and then deleting them from there.

Thanks!

[InSixDays]

Hi, but where do you even see them to move them to the Retired media folder?

Thanks!

[Colin_Weaver]

Go to Storage tab

Select the devcie containing the BKF files

Click the yellow arrow (near top right)

Click on Backup Sets in left Side bar

Right click Set you want to deklete and click delete - this should get rid of the BKF or IMG for that job. 

[InSixDays]

That is the problem.  There are no backup sets listed.

[pkh · Accepted solution]

If you don't need the old .bkf files and they are not cataloged in BE 2012, then you can just delete them using Windows Explorer.

[MReyes]

Hi,

We have a particular issue where the BKF files we have backed up to disk from BE2010 aren't showing up in BE2012.  Is there a way to catalogue/import these BKF files from the disk back to show up in the backup sets?