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Backup Configuration

Discussion in 'Data Protection' started by popeye, Jul 30, 2013.

  1. popeye

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    Hi i had Backup Configuration set to do backups for everyday of the month but decided to just do 7 days now, and just wanted to know how i remove the ones i don't need ? can i just login via winSCP and delete them.
     
    #1 popeye, Jul 30, 2013
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    Hello :)

    Yes, you can access your server as root via SSH/SFTP/SCP to delete those backup archives. You can find backups stored in your configured backup directory under the date of the backup. EX:

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    /backup/2013-07-30
    Thank you.
     
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    Thanks again for the help :)
     
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