This is an archive version of the document. To get the most up-to-date information, see the current version.Removing Missing Restore Points
In some cases, one or more restore points in the backup chain may be not accessible. This can happen, for example, if the backup repository is put to the maintenance mode (for scale-out backup repositories), the backup repository is not available or some backup file is missing in the backup chain. Backup chains that contain missing restore points get corrupted — you cannot perform backup or restore VM data from the missing restore point, and restore points that depend on the missing restore point.
You can perform two operations with missing restore points:
- Forget — you can remove records about missing restore points from the configuration database. Veeam Backup & Replication will “forget” about missing restore points and will not display them in the console. The backup files themselves will remain on disk (if backup files are still available).
- Delete — you can remove records about missing restore points from the configuration database and delete backup files from disk (if backup files are still available).
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The Forget and Delete from disk options are available only for restore points that are missing from the backup chain — for example, if the backup file is removed from disk, renamed and so on. If the restore point is still available in the backup chain, you will not be able to use the Forget and Delete from disk options for it. |
To remove records about missing restore points from the configuration database:
- Open the Backup & Replication view.
- In the inventory pane, select Disk under Backups.
- In the working area, select the backup and click Properties on the ribbon or right-click the backup and select Properties.
- In the Backup Properties window, right-click the missing restore point and select Forget.
- To remove only the selected restore point and restore points that depend on it (that is, a part of the backup chain starting from this restore point), select This and dependent backups.
- To remove all missing restore points, select All unavailable backups.
To remove missing restore points from the configuration database and disk:
- Open the Backup & Replication view.
- In the inventory pane, click Disk under Backups.
- In the working area, select the backup and click Properties on the ribbon or right-click the backup and select Properties.
- In the Backup Properties window, right-click the missing restore point and select Delete from disk.
- To remove only the selected restore point and restore points that depend on it (that is, a part of the backup chain starting from this restore point), select This and dependent backups.
- To remove all missing restore points, select All unavailable backups.
