TheAdolphus Posted September 3, 2008 Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 I am using Multi-Server version 7.6.111 on Windows Server 2003. Currently I keep a rolling 5 weeks of backups with a normal (full) backup taking place on Sunday and that backup is appended each of the subsequent 6 days. I have backup sets created for each week and each server being backed up. Backups are done to 4 eSATA disks attached to the backup server. I have been manually 'recycling' the backup set for the week about to begin and this is a pain. I tried to create a script that would recycle all of the upcoming backup sets and put it on a 'every 5 weeks' schedule for each one. However, when it launched for the first time it failed because I did not select any source volumes. I really don't know what I am supposed to select as I'm not wanting to actually back anything up with this script. I just want to recycle the backup sets before the new week's scripts begin. I want them erased essentially to make room for the new week. Any guidance is appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennart_T Posted September 4, 2008 Report Share Posted September 4, 2008 You may want to backup a small volume that doesn't take much time. Or even define a Subvolume with just a few files and set that subvolume as the source. When we do a "New Media Backup", we simply backup the Retrospect server's C: drive, which is small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAdolphus Posted September 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2008 I will give that a try this weekend and see what happens. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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