Manually deleting files

[marius roma]

I have an external HD used for the backup of a Windows 10 PC.
As you can see from the listing there are 2 .vbk files, one created on 12/Jul/2018 , the other one created on 07/Nov/2018, and lots of .vib files.
I need to reclaim free space but I would like to keep at least part of the restore points.
Can I manually delete all the .vib files older than 12/Jul/2018 and keep only the .vbk file in order to keep the restore points since 12/jul/2018?
Can I manually delete all the .vib and .vbk files older than 19/Jul/2018 in order to keep the restore points since 19/jul/2018?
Is there any alternate solution to keep at least part of the restore points?
Regards
marius

Directory di G:\VeeamBackup\Backup Job MYPC

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18/05/2018  13:21    38.554.624.000 Backup Job MYPC2018-05-18T133342.vib
30/05/2018  12:35    23.518.978.048 Backup Job MYPC2018-05-30T131152.vib
06/06/2018  12:25    18.431.414.272 Backup Job MYPC2018-06-06T130640.vib
06/06/2018  16:30    15.918.739.456 Backup Job MYPC2018-06-06T171251.vib
07/06/2018  17:26    16.324.550.656 Backup Job MYPC2018-06-07T180834.vib
08/06/2018  17:55    15.141.130.240 Backup Job MYPC2018-06-08T183744.vib
18/06/2018  12:40    32.827.236.352 Backup Job MYPC2018-06-18T131058.vib
21/06/2018  12:23    17.311.993.856 Backup Job MYPC2018-06-21T130159.vib
21/06/2018  18:04    15.438.733.312 Backup Job MYPC2018-06-21T184708.vib
02/07/2018  12:34    22.614.130.688 Backup Job MYPC2018-07-02T131110.vib
09/07/2018  12:44    36.572.078.080 Backup Job MYPC2018-07-09T131141.vib
12/07/2018  12:28    30.212.263.936 Backup Job MYPC2018-07-12T125612.vib
12/07/2018  12:59   130.052.149.248 Backup Job MYPC2018-05-02T180411.vbk
19/07/2018  12:34    20.562.608.128 Backup Job MYPC2018-07-19T130658.vib
31/07/2018  15:56    23.438.143.488 Backup Job MYPC2018-07-31T162857.vib
01/08/2018  15:53    19.428.896.768 Backup Job MYPC2018-08-01T163302.vib
02/08/2018  11:40    16.899.862.528 Backup Job MYPC2018-08-02T122242.vib
28/08/2018  12:59    22.733.758.464 Backup Job MYPC2018-08-28T133643.vib
13/09/2018  12:19    24.207.065.088 Backup Job MYPC2018-09-13T125603.vib
19/09/2018  13:25    21.980.741.632 Backup Job MYPC2018-09-19T135711.vib
28/09/2018  12:37    34.857.078.784 Backup Job MYPC2018-09-28T130333.vib
02/10/2018  12:38    19.100.807.168 Backup Job MYPC2018-10-02T131657.vib
08/10/2018  15:11    22.212.841.472 Backup Job MYPC2018-10-08T155143.vib
17/10/2018  17:52    24.793.088.000 Backup Job MYPC2018-10-17T182205.vib
25/10/2018  12:51    21.851.013.120 Backup Job MYPC2018-10-25T132112.vib
30/10/2018  13:35    22.104.420.352 Backup Job MYPC2018-10-30T131411.vib
31/10/2018  13:38    17.427.587.072 Backup Job MYPC2018-10-31T131234.vib
07/11/2018  13:09     1.329.283.072 Backup Job MYPC2018-11-07T130801.vbk
07/11/2018  13:10         1.008.258 Backup Job MYPC.vbm

[Dima P.]

Hi Mario.

Before we go, please check if you have periodic full option enabled in the job properties? Thanks!

[marius roma]

No, I have not.

[wishr]

Hi Mario,

Could you please take a look at that thread and let us know if you have any additional questions.

Thank you

[Dima P.]

Mario,

After looking at the timestamps in the names I am under impression that all restore points are still linked to a single VBK file, so I vote for either starting a new backup chain (and then deleting the entire backup chain) or setting the lower value to the retention (that should cause you backup chain to merge during the next job run).