Deleting Backup Job

You can delete a backup job configured in Veeam Agent for Linux. When you delete a backup job, backup files created by this job remain intact on the backup repository.

You can delete backup jobs in one of the following ways:

  • With the Veeam Agent for Linux control panel
  • With the Veeam Agent for Linux command line interface

Deleting Backup Job with Control Panel

You can delete a backup job with the Veeam Agent control panel.

To delete a backup job:

  1. Launch the Veeam Agent control panel with the veeam or veeamconfig ui command.
  2. Press the [C] key to open the Select job to configure dialog window or the [S] key to open the Select job to start dialog window.
  3. Select the necessary backup job in the list and press [Delete].
  4. In the displayed notification window, make sure that the Yes button is selected and press [Enter].

Deleting Backup Job 

Deleting Backup Job with Command Line Interface

You can delete a backup job with the Veeam Agent command line interface. To delete a backup job, use the following command:

veeamconfig job delete --name <job_name>

or

veeamconfig job delete --id <job_id>

where:

  • <job_name> — name of the backup job that you want to delete.
  • <job_id> — ID of the backup job that you want to delete.

For example:

$ veeamconfig job delete --name SystemBackup