I've been fighting Backup Exec since version 10. I'm on 2012 now with the all the latest service packs and updates installed. All of my backup jobs that write to disk storage are set to be retained for 2 weeks. I keep having to provision more space because, as time goes on, these disk storage volumes don't clear expired backup sets as they should. For example:
Weekly_2 shows around 900GB used, but there are no backup sets:
I've enabled the reg hack that shows the Media sets in the storage view, and when I look at those, I see a bunch of media:
All of them were last accessed in April of last year:
So, how do I go about getting rid of these?
I did try to import my old backup-to-disk folders, foolishly thinking that the "Import from legacy backup-to-disk folders" tool would work like it said. It didn't. I distinctly remember losing everything and having to start over. This wasn't a huge deal as we duplicate to tape every weekend.
Please help! Thanks!