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Retain Index Backup Snapshots

smkornegay

I have noticed that the Retain 4.9 server has old snapshot files under /data/retain/backup/index.  These files are old files.  One is from 3 months ago and another is from 2.5 years ago.  Are these files necessary to keep or can these be deleted after so much time?

Thanks!

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    You can delete it. Looks like Retain is not able delete such old index backups. Normally, there should be present only the last one.

    David

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    Thank you for the information!

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    would this apply to others in that backup directory?   while the system I'm looking at has a bunch of stuff,  some that I can tell was done as part of migrations (on 3rd host of the long lived Retain system) that I'm sure I can kill.  others I am unsure

    ex

    ASConfig.setup from 2008-10-08   (that I expect can go)

    backup/index/  various files 3 to 8 years old  about 38GB vs the 56GB in the one snapshot

    So what should be in that backup folder?

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    Should look like this 

    backup/index/snapshot.20210626150933624

    If you have like me Enable Backup of Indexes / Daily, then it will create this "snapshot." folder every day and the old one will be be deleted after index backup is done.

    If you have something older, delete it. 

    David

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    hmm,  

    Retain management shows backup enabled and points to the folder in question and
    says Last Index Backup     22-Aug-2021 01:03:20

    backup/index/snapshot.20210606.....    with matching date stamp of folder and contents.

    I'll bring this up with the case I currently have open, either is something quick or will trigger

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