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Delete backups

If the backup repository is full, no new backups will be created.To automatically delete old backups when creating new backups, when configuring backups, configure Retention Policy — the number of recovery points stored or the number of days for which backups will be kept.

To check the status of the repository, you can see the statistics of resource consumption.

Delete backup⁠

You can delete a specific backup from the machine on which it was created.Conditions must be met to do so:

  • The backup agent must be installed on the machine and the Selectel cloud repository must be available;
  • In the Veeam Service Provider Console portal, the machine must be in Online status.

You can remove all backups from the cloud by deleting backup jobs in the Veeam Service Provider Console portal.

For more information about deleting backups, see Deleting Back ups in the Veeam Agent for Linux documentation.

  1. Print the list of backups:

    sudo veeamconfig backup list --all

  2. Copy backup_id — the identifier of the desired backup.

  3. Delete the backup job:

    sudo veeamconfig backup delete --id <backup_id> --purge

    Specify <backup_id> -backup ID.

Clear the backup repository⁠

  1. Delete the backup jobs along with the backups themselves.
  2. If the repository space is not freed or not completely freed, create a ticket to clean up the repository.