How to reclaim repository space from a deleted base image?

Here is a starting point, this job has to run first

- https://support.quest.com/rapid-recovery/kb/145697/repository-free-space-status-incorrect-after-deleting-recovery-points

What we have seen is that this delete will not run due to other jobs blocking it. Then you have to look at enabling deferred delete

- https://support.quest.com/rapid-recovery/kb/198715/understanding-deferred-delete-in-nightly-jobs

The only way I know to force the RPFS to run is to enable deferred delete then set the run time (of the nightly job) to be close to the current time. Let this finish then reset the run time. I would love to know if anyone has a better way

Oh that first link is helpful.  It pointed me to look at the tasks and click the settings wheel which brought up some hidden tasks that were running which I never new about.  The "Deleting Index RPFS file"  has been running since I performed the deletion and it is almost complete.  So apparently this is going on in the background and I didn't realize it because this event is hidden.  i will wait for this to complete and see if my repository clears the space after.  Will let you know within the next 30 mins. 

That worked.  I just had to click the services wheel in the event viewer to show those events.  Then I was able to see the deleting index RPFS running.  Now it took much longer to complete.  It seemed to be at 95% when I first responded and then it reset itself down to 50% and took another 2 hours.  But it did reclaim the unused space.  So thanks for the help!