- Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard SP1. x64
- Master and media server on single server
- Netbackup 7.5.0.7
- Local disk, basic disk for storage
My retention policy was 1 week, its now set to 2 and 3 weeks depending on the policy. I noticed the other day that I'm running out of disk space...
Looking at the backups in the folders (D:\BACKUPS - each policy has a subfolder in this folder.) I see an img and info file for each backup.. Some of these backups at this point are a month old. I want these deleted to make space for more backups. Why are these old backups not being purged? This is a real big concern as to why NBU is not puring old backups when the retention period is set for only 1-3 weeks depending on polocy.
The odd thing is that I dont see these backups in the catalog section. If I do a search I get a warning like message...
Catalog Search information
INF - Skipping backup id C156646_OS821F_Drive_1_5_172.29.204.42_1396802483, copy 1 is expired.
INF - Skipping backup id XPSP3-TDS_1396581843, copy 1 is expired.
INF - Skipping backup id XPBasic_1396675879, copy 1 is expired.
This is what I see for example.. some of these images that are not in the catalog I see in this list.. but if they are expired, then why do they still exist on the disk taking up space? Please help!!