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Best Way to Manage Backup Destinations

Peter_Sheridan
Level 6

Hello,

I've got some jobs configured in SSR. What is the best way to manage the backup destination when the disk becomes full?

When i use the Clean up tool it deletes all the recovery points, not just the old ones. What it should be doing is combining the full and incremental backups to create a new baseline kinda like how the Synthetic Backup works in BE.

Am I missing something?

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Markus_Koestler
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In the manage backup destination window select the recovery point set you want to consolidate and select delete. In the "delete recovery points" dialog select manual.

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Markus_Koestler
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But you can do this by just deleting the incrementals! Also you can select the old backups for removal without selecting the latest backup.

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Any questions left open?

Peter_Sheridan
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Hi Markus,

Sorry about the delayed reply, i must have missed the email!

How are the incremental backups deleted?

When the 'Manage Backup Destination' window is open, I can see the 'Recovery Point Sets' window. From there I can open up a recovery point set and see the incremental backups, but it only allows me to Mount them, not actually delete them.

Markus_Koestler
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In the manage backup destination window select the recovery point set you want to consolidate and select delete. In the "delete recovery points" dialog select manual.

Peter_Sheridan
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Oh i see. That worked. Thanks Markus!

Do you know of a way to automatially consolidate recovery points when a backup destination gets full?

Or even once the recovery point set reaches a certain size?

Markus_Koestler
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Hm, in the manage backup destination windows there is the settings options. Have a look there.

Peter_Sheridan
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Yeah that is pretty much what i'm after.

How agressive is the "Automatially Optimize Storage" option?

If i have 1 full backup and 100 incrementals how many would it consolidate?

Markus_Koestler
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Sorry I don't know. But I would be happy if you could let us know ;)

In case your Q's are all answered now, could you please mark this post as solved?

Peter_Sheridan
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Sure, i'll do some digging and post back with my results :)