Hi

A win8k server which is part of sbs 2003 domain is configured to run backup
to disk via windows server backup. Problem is that disk (1TB) has run out of
space. There seem to be 11 copies as per backup console. Is there a way to
configure backup to delete old copies as the space needs require? What is
the solution from here to create some space on disk?

Many Thanks



Regards

I just run a scheduled task after every backup (or add this to the task that
runs the backup) that executes a .cmd file that cleans up files older then X
days on the server where the backup is located, ie:

REM Backup file directory
set BACKUP_DIR=D:\NTBackup

REM Purge backups older than 21 days
cd /D %BACKUP_DIR%
Forfiles /D -21 /M *.bkp /C "cmd /c del @file"

Note that "X" is 21 days in the above example and the backup path will need
to change.
--
Allan Williams




John wrote:

> Hi
>
> A win8k server which is part of sbs 2003 domain is configured to run
> backup to disk via windows server backup. Problem is that disk (1TB)
> has run out of space. There seem to be 11 copies as per backup
> console. Is there a way to configure backup to delete old copies as
> the space needs require? What is the solution from here to create
> some space on disk?
> Many Thanks
>
> Regards

Sorry, this was for Server 2003. For 2008 backup is a lot different and it
should clean up for itself AFAIK. Perhaps:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...8WS.10%29.aspx

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...4-7aedcf512469

--
Allan Williams




Al Williams wrote:

> I just run a scheduled task after every backup (or add this to the
> task that runs the backup) that executes a .cmd file that cleans up
> files older then X days on the server where the backup is located, ie:
>
> REM Backup file directory
> set BACKUP_DIR=D:\NTBackup
>
> REM Purge backups older than 21 days
> cd /D %BACKUP_DIR%
> Forfiles /D -21 /M *.bkp /C "cmd /c del @file"
>
> Note that "X" is 21 days in the above example and the backup path
> will need to change.
>
> John wrote:

>> Hi
>>
>> A win8k server which is part of sbs 2003 domain is configured to run
>> backup to disk via windows server backup. Problem is that disk (1TB)
>> has run out of space. There seem to be 11 copies as per backup
>> console. Is there a way to configure backup to delete old copies as
>> the space needs require? What is the solution from here to create
>> some space on disk?
>> Many Thanks
>>
>> Regards