Re: Time Machine - resetting one of two volumes

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Time Machine - resetting one of two volumes
Date	2016-11-05 20:33 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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On 2016-11-05, Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>
> I have two Time Machine volumes on separate external drives.
>
> Call them A and B.
>
> The disk with volume A is getting very full - about 20 GB left.
>
> Can I remove it from the backup list, remove that volume (A) and then 
> add it back to the TM list again without affecting volume B's TM?
>
> Will it delete the "A" TM when I remove it from the list?
>
> Seems logical that it's no issue but just want to hear the pitfalls - if 
> any.

I add and remove volumes from the backup list in System Preferences >
Time Machine all the time without affecting other volumes in the list.

> Yes, I know it will remove the oldest files when full.  But I also need 
> spare room for other things.

With macOS Server's Time Machine service you can store backups in any
folder on any volume as well as set quotas for each backup destination.

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Time Machine - resetting one of two volumes Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-11-05 16:18 -0400
  Re: Time Machine - resetting one of two volumes Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-05 20:33 +0000
    Re: Time Machine - resetting one of two volumes Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-11-05 17:02 -0400
      Re: Time Machine - resetting one of two volumes Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-05 22:09 +0000
        Re: Time Machine - resetting one of two volumes Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-11-06 07:57 -0500

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