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Disk Full

The issue​

Veeam may have failed to delete backups or the space has filled due to VMs getting larger.

The Solution​

  1. You cannot delete from Veeam as this will delete all restore points.
  2. Navigate to drive that is full
  3. Sort by date - you generally want to remove the oldest backups
  4. Before deleting also inform site manager
  5. For incrementals:
    1. If you delete the full backup (.vbk) you must delete the following incrementals (.vib) after the latest full
  6. For reverse incrementals:
    1. Remove old incrementals (.vrb) there will always be a full backup (.vbk)
  7. You must then Rescan the repository on Veeam
    1. Backup Infrastructure > Backup Repositories
    2. Right-click rescan the correct repository
  8. If it’s a backup copy, do the above and then delete from Backup Copy
    1. Disable Job in Backup Copy
    2. Backups > Disk (copy)
    3. Right-click the backup job copy and properties
    4. Right-click the deleted backup copy jobs
  9. Click forget unavailable jobs.