The space of backup repository approaches saturation, which can cause job failures or prevent new chains.
Probable causes
- retention period too long
- growth of protected data
- orphaned former
- More large than expected
Verifications.
- Measure the free space — Compare total space, free and growth over several days.
- Check retention — Control the actual number of restoration points.
- Identify big games — Identify the most voluminous jobs and chains.
- Search for orphan data — Compare actual storage with the inventory of backup software.
Solutions…
- adapt retention to actual OPR/RTO
- increase the capacity of the
- delete only orphan backups identified
- assign jobs to multiple deposits if necessary
When to climb?
Escalader before any manual deletion in aDeduced, immutable or backed up by backup software.