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Deleting a Backup

You can delete unwanted backups to reduce space usage and costs.

Deleting a backup from a hybrid cloud backup vault does not affect the corresponding backup on-premises, and vice versa.

If a backup has been used to create an image, the backup cannot be deleted. In this case, delete the image first based on the instructions in Deleting Images.

CBR supports manual deletion of backups and automatic deletion of expired backups. The latter is executed based on the backup retention rule in the backup policy. For details, see Creating a Backup Policy.

Backups are not stored on a server. Deleting backups has no impact on the server performance.

If a backup has been created and the next backup task is in progress, CBR will not allow you to delete the most recent backup created. You can delete the backup only after the backup task is complete.

Prerequisites

  • There is at least one backup.
  • The backup to be deleted is in the Available or Error state.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the CBR console.

    1. Log in to the management console.
    2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region.
    3. Click and choose Storage > Cloud Backup and Recovery. Select a backup type from the left navigation pane.

  2. Click the Backups tab and locate the desired backup. For details, see Viewing a Backup.
  3. Choose More > Delete from the Operation column. See Figure 1. Alternatively, select the backups you want to delete in a batch and click Delete in the upper left corner to delete them.

    Figure 1 Deleting a backup

  4. Click Yes.

Follow-up Procedure

When you use CBR to back up a disk, all disk data including any invisible data will be backed up. If you frequently add, delete, or modify data on the disk before each backup task, a large amount of vault space will still be occupied even after some backups are deleted. For how to reduce occupied vault space, see How Do I Reduce the Vault Space Occupied by Backups?

Parent topic: Backup Management