Cobian Reflector • File retention threads

Hi Mr Cobian, a quick question regarding file retention.

Our logs include lines like this:
2024-10-02 05:34:00 The backups have been deleted. Actual files may be being deleted on a background thread.

Is there a way for us to look to see if one of these threads is running at a given time? e.g. do they have a specific name in Task Manager?

The context is:
For our differential backups, we have the Dynamics tab set retain the desired number of Full and Differential copies.
For our smaller backup sets, this works well, but for our larger ones, the Differentials get cleaned up correctly, but sometimes the Fulls are not deleted.
I think Cobian is kicking off the deletions correctly, as often the contents of those remaining Fulls is much less than they would have been if no deletion had been attempted.
So my theory is that they're being partially deleted, but then the power schedule on the NAS is shutting it down before that can complete. I'm testing this by leaving the NAS on permanently for a week to see if the issue persists.

Thanks.

Statistics: Posted by INL — 30 Oct 2024, 02:59

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