Hi everyone,
I'm using Windows Server Backup on a Windows Server 2012 R2 system that has been in production for half a year or so. The server has around 60GB used, and the backup drive is a 160GB external drive that I had sitting around and put it in place until they can afford a larger external drive. The setup has been working great, and just yesterday when I opened the Windows Server Backup utility, I noticed that all backups have been successful and there were well over 100 backups available. The external hard drive was showing "in the red" for space available, about 15GB free or so if I remember right. But that's fine, since I understand that Windows Server Backup should delete the oldest backup available.
...OR...you know, it deletes everything. So I log in today, and what do you know? 60ish GB used on the external drive, so plenty of free space. But only 1 copy available. Is...like...am I missing something? Is that how it's supposed to work when the drive gets full? I was under the impression it would delete files from the oldest snapshot and create a new backup. Or delete several old snapshots.
Did something happen in a recent Windows update? Any way to fix it? In my little bit of searching before this, I found that some others have had experiences with at least Server 2008 where Windows Server Backup would all the sudden only keep 1 copy. So I guess I'll know tomorrow whether or not that's happening to me; whether I see "1 copy available" again, or "2 copies available".
Thanks in advance for any advice!