Mirror backup not deleting deleted/excluded files

[coffee1978]

Hi,

It seems Backup4all 9.9.849 (and possibly other 9.9 versions) have broken an issue which was fixed in 9.3.x -- support-troubleshooting-f6/mirror-backu ... t2287.html

I have a Mirror backup w/ zip compression+encryption and filename obfuscation configured and runs daily. The backup configuration enables "Remove excluded or deleted files from backup" and "Only if source drive is available".

I unchecked a subdirectory from Sources, and no files were deleted from the destination directory after running a backup. I have also tried both a Quick Repair and a Clean Destination folder, and nothing changes. The newly-excluded directory is nearly 10TB so I would have noticed a change in the destination. Also, I can go into Restore and select/browse the directory that I excluded.

How can I fix this?

Thanks.

[coffee1978]

Please disregard. I remembered that b4a must backup at least 1 file before it forces a catalog update (and therefore deletion). I added some files to the source, they were backed up and 10TB disappeared on the destination drive. All is good now.

[Adrian (Softland)]

Hi,

Yes, that is correct. You must have at least 1 file to be backed up, so that the backup will run and the removed source files will be deleted from destination.