normkelly Posted September 28, 2008 Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 I have a 200GB disk backup set that is running out of space when backing up only a single volume that contains only 90 GB of data. It is set to groom after only 2 snapshots. I don't understand how this can happen. THis is on Windows XP SP2 w/ Restrospect Pro 7.6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 Browse the sessions in Reports>session contents to see what has actually been backed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
normkelly Posted October 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2008 The majority of the data backed up is simply the Outlook PST files. I have a few large ones that appear to get backed up quite often. However, I still don't understand why the older versions of these files are not getting pruned off. Even if every file on the system were kept for two copies,that would only be 180GB of data and there is 200GB in the backup set. I still don't understand how this can happen. Please help. Norm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted October 1, 2008 Report Share Posted October 1, 2008 Retrospect never deletes a file from the backup. New or changed files are added to the media until you either do a recycle backup or run a grooming operations (if you have it turned on). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
normkelly Posted October 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2008 It is set to groom to the last 1 backup (was 2 before, but I reduced it to 1 to try and make it work. I have tried to manually groom it using the Action button in the Backup Set > Propoerties panel, but it doesn't get any smaller. Any ideas? ANy information you would like me to post? Norm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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