This is an archive version of the document. To get the most up-to-date information, see the current version.Removing Backups
Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure applies the configured retention policy settings to automatically remove image-level backups created for SQL databases by backup policies. If necessary, you can also remove the backed-up data manually.
Important |
Do not delete backups from Microsoft Azure storage accounts in the Microsoft Azure portal. If some backup in a backup chain is missing, you will not be able to roll back Azure SQL database data to the necessary state. |
To remove backed-up data manually, do the following:
- Navigate to Protected Data > Azure SQL.
- Select Azure SQL databases whose data you want to remove.
- Click Remove and select either of the following options:
- All — to remove all image-level backups created for the selected Azure SQL databases both by backup policies and manually.
- Backups — to remove all image-level backups created in backup repositories for the selected Azure SQL databases.
- Archive — to remove all image-level backups created in archive repositories for the selected Azure SQL databases.
- Manual — to remove all image-level backups created for the selected Azure SQL databases manually.
