Efficiently Split a Large Backup

[JonMikelV]

@Kahomono

Looks like it will take a while, though, to realize the space savings.

If you don’t want to wait, you could try the purge command…

Manualy remove files from backup

If the unwanted files are in the latest backup version only, you can delete that backup version as suggested by @tophee with the delete command. If you want to remove a file or folder from all backup versions, use the purge command: Usage: purge <storage-URL> <filenames> [<options>] Purges (removes) files from remote backup data. This command can either take a list of filenames or use the filters to choose which files to purge. The purge process creates new filesets on the remote destinatio…