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How to clear the backup

Oct 13, 2014

In Backup4all you can clear the backup job, which means to delete all backup versions from destination and

also delete the backup catalog. That will result in a fresh job, starting that backup from the beginning.

Summary

In Backup4all you can clear the backup job, which means to delete all backup versions from destination and

also delete the backup catalog. That will result in a fresh job, starting that backup from the beginning.

On this page:

How to set up a clear backup action

How to customize the clear backup

How to set up a clear backup action

To set the clear backup action, please open Backup Properties and go to Advanced page. In the Run action

before backup section, you will find the Run program or action checkbox. Please select it and you will be

able to access the action field.

The predefined action deletes the ".bkc" file and all zip files associated with the current

backup job. If this action is set, then the next backup performed will be a full backup, even if the backup type

is set to incremental or differential.

Use the Run only once option in order to run the specified action only one time. If the option is not set, it

will clean the backup on every execution.

The Abort backup when action fails option is used to abort the current backup execution if the action

executed before the backup failed. It is most used in cases when the backup execution depends on the result

of the action executed before backup. For example: in order not to fill the destination drive if the clear backup

action failed, the backup will not be executed.

Please note the backup will wait until the action before backup is executed. Only after that, it will start the

backup.

How to customize the clear backup

You can customize the Clear backup action with the following parameters (numbers can be changed as

necessary):

- Clear backup is executed only if 7 days have passed since the first backup

increment (the full backup).

- Clear backup is executed only if the number of file versions is 10.

- Clear backup is executed if 7 days have passed since the first backup

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increment (the full backup) or if the number of file versions is 10.

- Clear backup is executed only in the first, second and seventh day of the

week (Monday, Tuesday and Sunday in the given example). Valid values: 1-7 (if a parameter outside of

these values is set, it will be ignored).

- Clear backup is executed only in the 23rd and 30th day of the month.

Valid values: 1-31 (if a parameter outside of these values is set, it will be ignored, same as using the

value 31 for a month having only 30 days).

Applies to:

Backup4all 5.x

NEW: Backup4All 5.2.663

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