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After archiving the base backup files (to DVD) can all image files be removed from recovery point storage location?
Is the VSNAP.IDX file supposed to control the next incremental, even though recovery point storage location is empty?
Or must the *_sv2i file remain?
What if my VSNAP.IDX file is not properly updating and controlling this?
If you are doing this with Independent Recovery Points, there won't be any problems. But I would suggest doing so from within Ghost so the History files don't get messed up.
If you are using Recovery Point Sets, you can only archive whole Recovery Point Sets. And a set consists of any *.sv2i, *.v2i, and *.iv2i with the same name. And due to the nature of these, you effectively cannot archive a set until the base of the next set is created. You need the base image to be available at all times when working with any incremental in the set. If it is not, then things will not work as expected, e.g. Ghost will create a new base after it figures out that the base is missing or other less pleasing things could happen. A Recovery Point Set is just that -- a set. It needs to be handled as such. Lose or make any piece unavailable and you break some part of the set.