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Dup to Tape...Expand All?

JustTryinToGetI
Level 6

I find that when I go to the backup sets interface for a storage group that when I need to hilight dozens of backup sets prior to 'Dup to Tape' or 'Delete', that I have to go to each date and expand the triangle so I can then select  "Disk" to perform the next operation of Deleting or DUPing.

Control-A doesn't work (nor does the Shift keyto select all)

 

Is there an easier way?

(Screenshot attached)

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pkh
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I can do a shift+click or a ctrl+click to select multiple backup sets.

JustTryinToGetI
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The Shift+Click (or any Select -All) method doesn't work.

It will select all....BUT the option to 'Duplicate' or 'Delete' is not available until you expand the dates.

My screenshot illustrates this.

pkh
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This is because the dates are just containers for the actual backup sets.  You have to select a backup set before you duplicate or delete.

JustTryinToGetI
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Thank you for your reply. Let me ask this. In your previous post, you said "I can do a shift+click or a ctrl+click to select multiple backup sets"

How do you expand all your dates?

I have several hundred per week due to hourly transaction logs being performed on many SQL Servers. I find myself having to  manually expand each date. (After they are all expanded, then I can do the shift+click)

pkh
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Just like you did, manually.

If you are duplicating your backup sets, it might be easier to add a duplicate stage to your jobs.