Data Centre Operation (DCO) Backups failing Due to Lack of Free Space

[nicholas.r]

DCO Backups failing and I can see it due lack of space and we have backups going back to 2019

Saw something about purging but cant find article 

How do we purge a lot of these to make space available? 

Should it not automatically purge after certain point? 

Especially with number of backups, feel like something has changed as we have had production since at least 2015 and this first time getting backup not being able to complete

(Nick)

[Jef · Accepted solution]

Hi Nick,

To resolve the current disc space issue you would need to free space by deleting the old backup files.

Note: you might want to copy the files, for safe keeping if needed, somewhere safe (such as network drive).

To delete the old backup files:
ssh or console login to server, and then go to the backup folder location (default: /data/backup)

cd /data/backup

and then run the following command which will remove 'filename'

sudo rm 'filename'

example:
sudo rm Daily_2018*

this would delete all backup files from 2018 (stating with the file name Daily_2018)

You would need to enable the backup clean feature, otherwise old files will not be removed/cleaned up. To do this, login to web client (https://<DCO or ITA IP>)
and then go to Administration > Backup and Restore > Backup Settings
enable (tick) the 'Enable backup clean up' option
and define 'Number of days to keep each backup' (default may be 30)

Kind regards,

Jef

[nicholas.r]

Thanks @Jef Day made much better

Did the second option as missed that had lost it tick box ran test and all backups cleared and all fab now

[Jef]

Hi Nick,
You are welcome - glad to hear that it helped.

Kind regards,

Jef