DB Pruning but no disk space

[giorgiom]

I'm using Arc Serv 9 on Win2K
I set the db pruning to 6 days but after 15 days of done backup, there's no disk space.

The dbpruning doesn't clear the disk ?


Thank you

 

[davidmichel]

The DBPruning job just helps to maintain the database size. When it is done deleting records from the databases, it leaves empty space which is then filled by data from new backups.

If you are running VLDB then you can run dbdfrag and then delete the files it creates or just run keybuild to reclaim the disk space.

However in this case unless you have a larger volume to install BAB on it might be better to reconfigure the backup to record summary information only into the database. It will keep track of everything except the listing of files and directories backed up. This will greatly reduce the size of the database.

 

[giorgiom]

The problem is not the size of the db but the space taked by the data backed up.

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[davidmichel]

I'm confused?
Are you backing up to a File System Device?
That is the only way that I can think of for the data to take up space on disk, and DB pruning will have no effect on that.

 

[mohamdr]

can you explain more about rge problem you are facing?

 

[giorgiom]

Sorry.
I explain better the problem.
I'm backing up to File System Device my target PC.
I'd like to know how I can free space on the disk according the DB pruning operation.