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So this is only on the offsite copies? Are the local copies being trimmed down as they should?
No trouble with the local copies whatsoever. They are trimmed down to comply with the assigned recovery point set limit. It’s only the offsite copies that are affected.
The following example illustrates what is happening.
Recovery point set limit: 2
Offsite copy destination: M:\Ghost Images\Winxppro
Backup destination: N:\Ghost Images\Winxppro
State of directories before backup:
D:\>dir "M:\Ghost Images\Winxppro"
Volume in drive M is BACKUPVOL01
Directory of M:\Ghost Images\Winxppro
29/08/2008 09:25 <DIR> .
29/08/2008 09:25 <DIR> ..
19/08/2008 21:36 4,697,620,480 C_Drive006.v2i
20/08/2008 09:24 120,586,240 C_Drive006_i001.iv2i
21/08/2008 09:27 191,102,976 C_Drive006_i002.iv2i
22/08/2008 09:25 686,555,136 C_Drive006_i003.iv2i
19/08/2008 21:35 4,697,620,480 C_Drive006_s01.v2i
19/08/2008 21:36 664,797,184 C_Drive006_s02.v2i
23/08/2008 09:36 4,697,620,480 C_Drive007.v2i
24/08/2008 09:25 193,462,272 C_Drive007_i001.iv2i
25/08/2008 09:30 1,282,146,304 C_Drive007_i002.iv2i
25/08/2008 12:04 74,711,040 C_Drive007_i003.iv2i
26/08/2008 09:24 264,241,152 C_Drive007_i004.iv2i
27/08/2008 09:24 212,598,784 C_Drive007_i005.iv2i
28/08/2008 09:25 522,977,280 C_Drive007_i006.iv2i
29/08/2008 09:24 190,054,400 C_Drive007_i007.iv2i
23/08/2008 09:35 4,697,620,480 C_Drive007_s01.v2i
23/08/2008 09:36 935,067,648 C_Drive007_s02.v2i
16 File(s) 24,128,782,336 bytes
2 Dir(s) 53,173,006,336 bytes free
D:\>dir "N:\Ghost Images\Winxppro"
Volume in drive N is BACKUPVOL02
Directory of N:\Ghost Images\Winxppro
30/08/2008 10:35 <DIR> .
30/08/2008 10:35 <DIR> ..
19/08/2008 21:36 4,697,620,480 C_Drive006.v2i
20/08/2008 09:24 120,586,240 C_Drive006_i001.iv2i
21/08/2008 09:27 191,102,976 C_Drive006_i002.iv2i
22/08/2008 09:25 686,555,136 C_Drive006_i003.iv2i
19/08/2008 21:35 4,697,620,480 C_Drive006_s01.v2i
19/08/2008 21:36 664,797,184 C_Drive006_s02.v2i
23/08/2008 09:36 4,697,620,480 C_Drive007.v2i
24/08/2008 09:25 193,462,272 C_Drive007_i001.iv2i
25/08/2008 09:30 1,282,146,304 C_Drive007_i002.iv2i
25/08/2008 12:04 74,711,040 C_Drive007_i003.iv2i
26/08/2008 09:24 264,241,152 C_Drive007_i004.iv2i
27/08/2008 09:24 212,598,784 C_Drive007_i005.iv2i
28/08/2008 09:25 522,977,280 C_Drive007_i006.iv2i
29/08/2008 09:24 190,054,400 C_Drive007_i007.iv2i
23/08/2008 09:35 4,697,620,480 C_Drive007_s01.v2i
23/08/2008 09:36 935,067,648 C_Drive007_s02.v2i
29/08/2008 09:25 12,210 MYCOMPUTER.sv2i
17 File(s) 24,128,794,546 bytes
2 Dir(s) 59,673,063,424 bytes free
D:\>
Backup events:
31/08/2008 09:23:10 Info 6C8F1F65: The drive-based backup job, Drive Backup of WINXPPRO2002SP03 (C:\), has been started automatically.
Details:
Source: Norton Ghost
31/08/2008 09:43:34 Info 6C8F1F7D: A scheduled base recovery point of drive C:\ was created successfully.
Details:
Source: Norton Ghost
31/08/2008 09:43:35 Info 6C8F043D: Recovery point [BACKUPVOL02]\Ghost Images\Winxppro\C_Drive006_i003.iv2i deleted to comply with the number of recovery points to save for each drive.
Details:
Source: Norton Ghost
31/08/2008 09:43:35 Info 6C8F043D: Recovery point [BACKUPVOL02]\Ghost Images\Winxppro\C_Drive006_i002.iv2i deleted to comply with the number of recovery points to save for each drive.
Details:
Source: Norton Ghost
31/08/2008 09:43:35 Info 6C8F043D: Recovery point [BACKUPVOL02]\Ghost Images\Winxppro\C_Drive006_i001.iv2i deleted to comply with the number of recovery points to save for each drive.
Details:
Source: Norton Ghost
31/08/2008 09:43:35 Info 6C8F043D: Recovery point [BACKUPVOL02]\Ghost Images\Winxppro\C_Drive006.v2i deleted to comply with the number of recovery points to save for each drive.
Details:
Source: Norton Ghost
31/08/2008 09:43:36 Info 6C8F1F60: Removed offsite copy [BACKUPVOL01]\Ghost Images\Winxppro\C_Drive006.v2i because primary image was deleted.
Details:
Source: Norton Ghost
31/08/2008 09:43:36 Info 6C8F1F60: Removed offsite copy [BACKUPVOL01]\Ghost Images\Winxppro\C_Drive006_i001.iv2i because primary image was deleted.
Details:
Source: Norton Ghost
31/08/2008 09:43:36 Info 6C8F1F60: Removed offsite copy [BACKUPVOL01]\Ghost Images\Winxppro\C_Drive006_i002.iv2i because primary image was deleted.
Details:
Source: Norton Ghost
31/08/2008 09:43:36 Info 6C8F1F60: Removed offsite copy [BACKUPVOL01]\Ghost Images\Winxppro\C_Drive006_i003.iv2i because primary image was deleted.
Details:
Source: Norton Ghost
31/08/2008 09:55:55 Info 6C8F1F5F: Created offsite copy [BACKUPVOL01]\Ghost Images\Winxppro\C_Drive008.v2i.
Details:
Source: Norton Ghost
State of directories after backup:
D:\>dir "M:\Ghost Images\Winxppro"
Volume in drive M is BACKUPVOL01
Directory of M:\Ghost Images\Winxppro
31/08/2008 09:54 <DIR> .
31/08/2008 09:54 <DIR> ..
19/08/2008 21:35 4,697,620,480 C_Drive006_s01.v2i
19/08/2008 21:36 664,797,184 C_Drive006_s02.v2i
23/08/2008 09:36 4,697,620,480 C_Drive007.v2i
24/08/2008 09:25 193,462,272 C_Drive007_i001.iv2i
25/08/2008 09:30 1,282,146,304 C_Drive007_i002.iv2i
25/08/2008 12:04 74,711,040 C_Drive007_i003.iv2i
26/08/2008 09:24 264,241,152 C_Drive007_i004.iv2i
27/08/2008 09:24 212,598,784 C_Drive007_i005.iv2i
28/08/2008 09:25 522,977,280 C_Drive007_i006.iv2i
29/08/2008 09:24 190,054,400 C_Drive007_i007.iv2i
23/08/2008 09:35 4,697,620,480 C_Drive007_s01.v2i
23/08/2008 09:36 935,067,648 C_Drive007_s02.v2i
31/08/2008 09:36 4,697,620,480 C_Drive008.v2i
31/08/2008 09:35 4,697,620,480 C_Drive008_s01.v2i
31/08/2008 09:36 1,454,637,056 C_Drive008_s02.v2i
15 File(s) 29,282,795,520 bytes
2 Dir(s) 48,018,907,136 bytes free
D:\>dir "N:\Ghost Images\Winxppro"
Volume in drive N is BACKUPVOL02
Directory of N:\Ghost Images\Winxppro
31/08/2008 10:16 <DIR> .
31/08/2008 10:16 <DIR> ..
23/08/2008 09:36 4,697,620,480 C_Drive007.v2i
24/08/2008 09:25 193,462,272 C_Drive007_i001.iv2i
25/08/2008 09:30 1,282,146,304 C_Drive007_i002.iv2i
25/08/2008 12:04 74,711,040 C_Drive007_i003.iv2i
26/08/2008 09:24 264,241,152 C_Drive007_i004.iv2i
27/08/2008 09:24 212,598,784 C_Drive007_i005.iv2i
28/08/2008 09:25 522,977,280 C_Drive007_i006.iv2i
29/08/2008 09:24 190,054,400 C_Drive007_i007.iv2i
23/08/2008 09:35 4,697,620,480 C_Drive007_s01.v2i
23/08/2008 09:36 935,067,648 C_Drive007_s02.v2i
31/08/2008 09:36 4,697,620,480 C_Drive008.v2i
31/08/2008 09:35 4,697,620,480 C_Drive008_s01.v2i
31/08/2008 09:36 1,454,637,056 C_Drive008_s02.v2i
31/08/2008 09:43 12,204 MYCOMPUTER.sv2i
14 File(s) 23,920,390,060 bytes
2 Dir(s) 59,762,556,928 bytes free
D:\>
The files that have not been removed from the offsite copy are C_Drive006_s01.v2i and C_Drive006_s02.v2i.
Thanks, for the info! I’ve passed this onto development. They are currently working to duplicate the issue.