Data is not disappearing from backup after deletion

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This question was originally posted on DCIM Support by Gleb Tyunikov on 2018-11-04

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Hello team hope you are all good,

I have encountered an issue with deleting data from the server

I have an instance with many rooms on it and its backup file size is about 107MB

I need to transfer one room into another server and dont want that server to have all of the other rooms data on it - so i deleted all the rooms except the one i need and backed up the solution - as i was going through the backup files i noticed that the new backup size reduced only by 2MB and now is 105MB

so i suspect that the data on it still existing and the server removed only the indications to the files with the data on them

is there a way of removing all of the data or backing up only one room?

Thank you very much!

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[DCIM_Support · Accepted solution]

This answer was originally posted on DCIM Support by Jef Faridi on 2018-11-05

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Hi Gleb,

That's not surprising, size of a backup file may not be directly proportional with the number rooms in the setup. Additional to the modeled rooms, you/we should also have data related to integrated external systems, historical data, system audits, etc. So what you are experiencing with backup file size, would be an expected behavior.

Kind regards

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[DCIM_Support]

This comment was originally posted on DCIM Support by Gleb Tyunikov on 2018-11-05

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Thank you for answering Jef
I understand that the backup has more information then only the rooms i had, 

so maybe this question will clear things up a little bit for me

Deleting a room in DCO Client and saving afterwards guarantee permanent deletion of the data? 

Cheers

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[DCIM_Support]

This comment was originally posted on DCIM Support by Jef Faridi on 2018-11-05

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Hi Gleb,

That's correct, when you/we delete rooms, then they are gone! However depending on size and number of the rooms/locations the deletion process may take some time (even hours) to complete the job (would run in background).

Kind regards

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[DCIM_Support]

This comment was originally posted on DCIM Support by Gleb Tyunikov on 2018-11-05

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Thank you Jef for your assistance

Cheers

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[DCIM_Support]

This comment was originally posted on DCIM Support by Jef Faridi on 2018-11-05

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Hi Gleb,

You are most welcome,

Kind regards

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