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Easier way to keep multiple backup copiesĪccording to casuse and solutions to Windows Server backup keep only one copy, you can fix it and recreate Windows Server backup to keep multiple copties. You only ensure is that Windows Server Backup will not shrink all space occupied by old backups to fit one new backup. Note: There is no such thing about Windows Server Backup number of copies to keep nor limit number of copies in Windows Server Backup. If you really need to adjust the space, you can do it in the Shadow Copies.

In this case, you choose to recreate Windows Server Backup multiple schedules.

Third, you adjust the disk space used by VSS by vssadmin resize shadowstorage.

If so, you need to create schedule backup using a new hard drive in Windows Server Backup. To ensure that, you can do disk check on the current disk. You can check it and then set to normal full backup if this is the cause.

First, the backup mode was automatically changed from incremental backup to full backup.

So why do you encounter the error “Windows Server Backup keep only one copy” and how to fix it? Below are main reasons of this error and corresponding solutions to it. Causes and solutions to Windows Server Backup keep only one copy Thus, in normal situation, Windows Server Backup keep multiple copies instead of only one. So, you will never encounter Windows Server Backup out of space when creating a schedule backup.īefore reusing these space, it will confirm if shrinking the storage space allocated for snapshots (called diff area ) can get enough space for new backup and then shrink, but it will not shrink the diff area to less than 1/8 of target volume size.

But that is not the case.Īs a matter of fact, after you configure a disk for schedule backup in Windows Server, it will automatically enable backup version and space management in Windows Server Backup to delete old backups and reuse the space to create new backup. Why Windows Server backup keep only one copy? You must think that Windows Server Backup delete old backups automatically. Personally, I think it will only delete the oldest backup available, but it deletes everything and keep only one copy. Now I have a 100 backup available but the disk only 15GB free space, and is shown as “Red”. I’m using Windows Server Backup to backup my server 2012 for a year or so.