Delete existing backup not working

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• RBA Redgate › Posts: 152 Silver 3

  September 2, 2009 5:32AM

  Hi Sebest1,
  
  At the moment, SQL Backup 6 will not delete certain backups:
  

  • Version 5 files
  • Encrypted backups (unless the password is the same as the backup being made)
  • Backups of other databases
  • Backups of differing types (Full, diff, log)

  Are any of the files not being deleted outside of the above? If so, please let me know the particulars.
  
  Thanks
  
  Robin

  Robin Anderson
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  Red-Gate Software

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• sebest1 Posts: 3

  September 2, 2009 12:16PM

  Hi Robin
  
  Thanks for the respond. That explains why. Yes, those are v5.x backup. Is this a long running "feature" in the apps?
  
  -S-

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• tyanni Posts: 17

  September 9, 2009 1:32PM

  RBA wrote:

  Hi Sebest1,
  
  At the moment, SQL Backup 6 will not delete certain backups:
  

  • Version 5 files
  • Encrypted backups (unless the password is the same as the backup being made)
  • Backups of other databases
  • Backups of differing types (Full, diff, log)

  Are any of the files not being deleted outside of the above? If so, please let me know the particulars.
  
  Thanks
  
  Robin

  
  Robin -
  
  Can you confirm that by "Backups of different types" you mean that as long as both my scheduled full and scheduled log backups are BOTH set to delete older than X days, and are BOTH pointed to the same folder, log and full backups will be deleted from the folder as intended?
  
  Tim

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• RBA Redgate › Posts: 152 Silver 3

  September 9, 2009 1:55PM

  Hi,
  
  Yes, both types are be handled when a respective task is executed: the full backup job will delete old full backups only, whilst the log backup job log will delete old log backups only.
  
  Regards,

  Robin Anderson
  Development
  Red-Gate Software

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