My experience is that when you exclude files or directories the backups
are deleted as soon as the scheduler starts processing these
files/directories.

Colin

Joel Fuhrman wrote:
>
> Assume:
> a) all backups are being done using the Scheduler Service
> b) there is an active and 1 inactive copy of a file
> c) the Include-Exclude rules are now changed to exclude the file.
>
> Questions:
> 1) Does the inactive copy age off (just as if step c wasn't done)?
> 2) Does the active (now excluded) copy ever go away?
> 2a) If not, is there a way of getting rid the backup?
> 3) If the active copy is deleted and it is still excluded, does it
>    become inactive on the server?

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Colin Wagnell
Colin Wagnell
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