Deleting Archives And Backups; Filtering And Sorting Archives - ACRONIS Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition User Manual

Delete all archives and
backups in the vault
4.3.3

Deleting archives and backups

The Backups deletion window displays the same tab as for the vaults view, but with check boxes for
each archive and backup. The archive or backup you have chosen to delete has the check mark.
Review the archive or backup that you have selected to delete. If you need to delete other archives
and backups select the respective check boxes, then click Delete selected and confirm the deletion.
The filters in this window are from the archives list of the vault view. Thus, if some filters have been
applied to the archives list, only the archives and backups corresponding to these filters are displayed
here. To see all content, clean all the filter fields.
What happens if I delete a backup that is a base of an incremental or differential backup?
To preserve archive consistency, the program will consolidate the two backups. For example, you
delete a full backup but retain the next incremental one. The backups will be combined into a single
full backup which will be dated the incremental backup date. When you delete an incremental or
differential backup from the middle of the chain, the resulting backup type will be incremental.
Please be aware that consolidation is just a method of deletion but not an alternative to deletion.
The resulting backup will not contain data that was present in the deleted backup and was absent
from the retained incremental or differential backup.
There should be enough space in the vault for temporary files created during consolidation. Backups
resulting from consolidation always have maximum compression.
4.3.4

Filtering and sorting archives

The following is a guideline for you to filter and sort archives in the archives table.
To
Sort backup archives by any
column
Filter archives by name,
owner, or machine.
Configuring the archives table
By default, the table has seven columns that are displayed, others are hidden. If required, you can
hide the displayed columns and show hidden ones.
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if need be (select the check boxes for the desired backups), then confirm the
deletion.
Please be aware that if filters have been applied to the vaults list, you see only a part
of the vault content. Be sure that the vault does not contain archives you need to
retain before starting the operation.
Click Delete all.
The program duplicates your selection in the Backups deletion (p. 164) window that
has check boxes for each archive and each backup. Review the selection and correct
if need be, then confirm the deletion.
Do
Click the column's header to sort the archives in ascending order.
Click it once again to sort the archives in descending order.
In the field below the corresponding column's header, type the archive name
(the owner name, or the machine name).
As a result, you will see the list of the archives, whose names (owner names, or
machine names) fully or just partly coincide with the entered value.
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