How to Expire Old TAR Files

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  • 28-Sep-2010
  • 29-Aug-2017

Environment


Reload

Question:
How can I set Reload to expire old TAR files?

Answer:

The option to expire old TAR files is found under 'Administer Profiles' | 'Post Office Profile' | [your profile] | 'Configure Tape Backup Jobs' | 'Expire Old Tape Archive Files'.



Set the option to 'Delete'. Reload will expire an old TAR when it creates a new one.
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document How to access a TAR backup
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document How to Manually Start a TAR Job
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document Creating Reload Tape Backup TAR Files on Windows and NetWare
document Restoring Mail From A Tar File Fails With Restore Mode
document How to Run Concurrent (Simultaneous) Backups.
document Jobs Queue Up But Do Not Run
document Re-Creating a Tape Archive (TAR) Backup in Reload
document Enabling Simultaneous Standard Backup Jobs with a Tape Archive Job



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Resolution



The option to expire old TAR files is found under 'Administer Profiles' | 'Post Office Profile' | [your profile] | 'Configure Tape Backup Jobs' | 'Expire Old Tape Archive Files'.


Additional Information

This article was originally published in the GWAVA knowledgebase as article ID 1868.