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<body><div>I am having problems where Easy-Backup does not seem to follow the Retention Days setting.</div><div><br /></div><div>This is causing my FTP account I send the backup to to go over quota frequently.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here is an example of the logs from a failed backup that is supposed to have just two retention days:</div><div><br /></div><div>Found 6 secondary backup chains.
</div><div>Secondary chain 1 of 6:
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</div><div>Chain start time: Tue Oct 3 21:56:24 2023
</div><div>Chain end time: Wed Oct 4 22:01:06 2023
</div><div>Number of contained backup sets: 2
</div><div>Total number of contained volumes: 939
</div><div> Type of backup set: Time: Num volumes:
</div><div> Full Tue Oct 3 21:56:24 2023 507
</div><div> Incremental Wed Oct 4 22:01:06 2023 432
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</div><div><br /></div><div>Secondary chain 2 of 6:
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</div><div>Chain start time: Thu Oct 5 22:00:06 2023
</div><div>Chain end time: Fri Oct 6 21:57:28 2023
</div><div>Number of contained backup sets: 2
</div><div>Total number of contained volumes: 925
</div><div> Type of backup set: Time: Num volumes:
</div><div> Full Thu Oct 5 22:00:06 2023 508
</div><div> Incremental Fri Oct 6 21:57:28 2023 417
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</div><div><br /></div><div>Secondary chain 3 of 6:
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</div><div>Chain start time: Sun Oct 8 21:57:11 2023
</div><div>Chain end time: Mon Oct 9 21:57:27 2023
</div><div>Number of contained backup sets: 2
</div><div>Total number of contained volumes: 940
</div><div> Type of backup set: Time: Num volumes:
</div><div> Full Sun Oct 8 21:57:11 2023 510
</div><div> Incremental Mon Oct 9 21:57:27 2023 430
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</div><div><br /></div><div>Secondary chain 4 of 6:
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</div><div>Chain start time: Tue Oct 10 21:58:22 2023
</div><div>Chain end time: Wed Oct 11 21:58:19 2023
</div><div>Number of contained backup sets: 2
</div><div>Total number of contained volumes: 950
</div><div> Type of backup set: Time: Num volumes:
</div><div> Full Tue Oct 10 21:58:22 2023 511
</div><div> Incremental Wed Oct 11 21:58:19 2023 439
</div><div>-------------------------
</div><div><br /></div><div>Secondary chain 5 of 6:
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</div><div>Chain start time: Fri Oct 13 06:50:17 2023
</div><div>Chain end time: Sat Oct 14 22:20:02 2023
</div><div>Number of contained backup sets: 3
</div><div>Total number of contained volumes: 1331
</div><div> Type of backup set: Time: Num volumes:
</div><div> Full Fri Oct 13 06:50:17 2023 512
</div><div> Incremental Sat Oct 14 07:24:16 2023 438
</div><div> Incremental Sat Oct 14 22:20:02 2023 381
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</div><div><br /></div><div>Secondary chain 6 of 6:
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</div><div>Chain start time: Sun Oct 15 22:00:15 2023
</div><div>Chain end time: Tue Oct 17 21:59:42 2023
</div><div>Number of contained backup sets: 3
</div><div>Total number of contained volumes: 1356
</div><div> Type of backup set: Time: Num volumes:
</div><div> Full Sun Oct 15 22:00:15 2023 514
</div><div> Incremental Mon Oct 16 23:38:30 2023 420
</div><div> Incremental Tue Oct 17 21:59:42 2023 422
</div><div>-------------------------
</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Found primary backup chain with matching signature chain:
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</div><div>Chain start time: Wed Oct 18 22:03:32 2023
</div><div>Chain end time: Wed Oct 18 22:03:32 2023
</div><div>Number of contained backup sets: 1
</div><div>Total number of contained volumes: 303
</div><div> Type of backup set: Time: Num volumes:
</div><div> Full Wed Oct 18 22:03:32 2023 303
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</div><div>Also found 1 backup set not part of any chain,
</div><div>and 0 incomplete backup sets.
</div>
<div><br /></div><div id="signature_old" style="clear:both"><div id="x5377caa01a3e422"><div id="xedcd1f00142d498fb02d0a5dd88924ea"><div class="plain_line" style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);">Thanks,<span> </span></div>
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