Amicus Attorney by CARET older Backups not being deleted

Older backups are not being deleted, even though the Rolling Backup are set to only keep X copies.

Cause: The backup location does not have the required permissions to allow deletions.

Amicus Attorney by CARET has an option to configure scheduled backups to occur without staff members having to be present. To access the configuration for the backups log into Amicus Attorney by CARET as an Administrator. Go to Office > Firm Settings > Maintenance - Utilities.

The count of the Number of Rolling Backup Files determines how many backups Amicus will keep before overwriting the older backups.
When a new backup has been successfully created, and the count now exceeds the number set in the Number of Rolling Backup Files, the oldest backup files are deleted leaving the number of copies set. For example, Monday‘s backup will replace the previous Monday’s backup as the count is set to 7.

Solution:

Access Amicus Attorney by CARET as an Administrator on the server.

1. Go to Office > Firm Settings > Maintenance > Utilities.
   
   
2. Note the location of the backup folder.
   This location should be a local drive to the server and not a UNC path as MS SQL cannot reliably create backups through UNC paths.
   
   
3. Using Windows Explorer browse to the location of the backup folder, but do not open it.
   
   
4. Right click on the Folder and select Properties, then select Security. Ensure the Everyone group is present and when selected has Full control.