Here’s a script that deletes all the Backup Exec B2D files part of a media set. Stick the following script into a .bat file and edit the first 3 settings Mediaset, B2Dfolder and BEPath.
You can run it straight.
I consider it is good practice to do for the following reasons:
– You can of course set the overwrite protection and Backup Exec reuses the BKF files when they’re no longer needed. This system works pretty well in most cases especially if there’s plenty of space on the disk. If a backup is delayed and you run out of space, the next backup will be delayed until the first times out.
– I’ve seen enough people on forums getting bad restore or duplication speed due to a high disk fragmentation. This is no more an issue when files get deleted.
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@Echo Off\n::\n:: Deletes Backup Exec BKF files.\n::\n\n:CONFIGURE\n SETLOCAL\n::\n:: Edit the following 3 items below to match your installation.\n::\n:: * MediaSet - the Backup Exec Media Set Name you are using for backup-to-disk jobs \n:: Works with spaces\n:: * B2Dfolder - the full path to the backup-to-disk folder you are using for the job\n:: * BEPath - the full path to the Backup Exec executables (specifically, bemcmd.exe).\n:: (If you did not change it, this is C:\\Program Files\\Symantec\\Backup Exec\\bemcmd.exe, \n:: on US English systems)\n\n SET MediaSet=\"Disk Media\"\n SET B2Dfolder=S:\\Backup\\\n SET BEPath=\"C:\\Program Files\\Symantec\\Backup Exec\\bemcmd.exe\"\n\n IF NOT EXIST %BEPath% ECHO Cannot find the path to Backup Exec!^\n Please edit the command script. ^\n && goto End\n\n:: Get Media Set Id from Media Set Name\n:: Works with white spaces\n\n FOR \/F \"tokens=3\" %%m IN ('\"%BEPath% -o70 -j%MediaSet%\" ^| FINDSTR ^{[-0-9A-F]*}\n) do (\n SET MediaSetId=%%m\n )\n\n:: Retired Media Set Id: identical on all systems\n SET RetiredMediaSetId={00000009-0002-0000-0000-000000000000}\n\n:MAIN\n::\n:: First, dump a list of all the media labels Backup Exec is currently using.\n:: Move them to the retired media set\n:: and deletes them in Backup Exec and physically on the disk\n::\n\n FOR \/F \"tokens=3\" %%m IN ('\"%BEPath%\" -o132 -i%MediaSetId% ^| FINDSTR ^B2D[0-9]*\n) do (\n ECHO Processing %%m...\n :: Move media to Retired Medias\n %BEPath% -o130 -j%%m -ms:%RetiredMediaSetId% > NUL\n :: Delete media from Backup Exec\n %BEPath% -o129 -m%%m > NUL\n :: Delete media from filesystem\n IF EXIST %B2Dfolder%%%m.bkf DEL %B2Dfolder%%%m.bkf\n )\n\n:END\nENDLOCAL<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n