Workaround for backup copies?

[javiert99]

I'm a Veeam B&R guy but I'm helping out a friend who has a client with a standalone physical server and the server edition of Veeam Agent for Windows.

Setup is as follows:

Server with USB drive as primary target for Veeam Agent
USB RDX drive with two cartridges on rotation. The drive letter does *not* change upon replacing the cartridge.

I've set up a typical job, then used task scheduler to fire up a standalone backup job via command line, but all this does is create new folders without cleaning up the old. Is there a command I can use to delete the old folder upon completion of the job?

I know backup copy will be a feature in a future release, but I'm trying to make due for now.

Thanks!

[Dima P.]

Hello Javier.

all this does is create new folders without cleaning up the old

Standalone job creates a new full backup completely independent from retention (so one standalone full should not erase another standalone full). If you want previous full backup to be erased you must include the old backup deletion to your script. Cheers!