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<main> <article class="userContent"> <h2 data-id="summary"><strong>SUMMARY</strong></h2> <p>You will receive an alert when a certain percentage of free space is left on a disk</p> <h2 data-id="issue"><strong>ISSUE</strong></h2> <p></p> <p>Depending upon how you set up your storage options, you will receive an alert when a certain percentage of free space is left on a disk. Below is an example of a BDS Low Space Alert received once the threshold is reached.</p> <p><strong>Figure - BDS Low Space Alert</strong></p> <p><img alt="User-added image" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6032361/uploads/migrated/4A6BWRWNTC3F/eid-ka01w000000tcq6-feoid-00n40000002yvfa-refid-0em40000000mjko." class="embedImage-img importedEmbed-img"></img></p> <h2 data-id="resolution"><strong>RESOLUTION</strong></h2> <p>To resolve this: </p> <ul><li>go to the <a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Funitrends-support.zendesk.com%2Fhc%2Fen-us%2Farticles%2F360013181177">Jobs - Job Manager tab</a> and disable any jobs related to the BDS that is full.</li> <li>end any File Level or Instant Recovery restores still running, but not needed.</li> <li>use the <a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Funitrends-support.zendesk.com%2Fhc%2Fen-us%2Farticles%2F360013263978">Recover - Backups tab</a>, use the FILTER BACKUPS to find any Pinned items. This is a lock on the file and prevents purging. Unpin the file, then delete it.</li> <li>purge older backups from the system. Using the <b>FILTER BACKUP</b> to choose a <b>To</b> date to define a maximum age you are willing to delete. Delete the backup as needed. It may take several hours (sometimes days) for the purging to complete on a very full system. </li> </ul> If you need additional space even after the purging of data consider <a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Funitrends-support.zendesk.com%2Fhc%2Fen-us%2Farticles%2F360013167297">add additional storage to the Unitrends appliance</a>, but do not exceed the recommended 10TB of storage for VMware/Hyper-v or 5TB of storage for XenServer. Instead, deploy another UVB and assign storage to the VBA.<br><br>For more information on configuring storage see <a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Funitrends-support.zendesk.com%2Fhc%2Fen-us%2Farticles%2F360013251318">Configure - Environments - Storage tab, Create/Edit Storage dialogs (8.0)</a> </article> </main>