Removing Backup from Configuration

If you want to remove records about Veeam Agent backups from the Veeam Backup & Replication console and configuration database, you can use the Remove from configuration operation. When you remove a Veeam Agent backup from configuration, the actual backup files remain on the backup repository. You can import the backup to the Veeam Backup & Replication at any time later and restore data from it.

IMPORTANT

Removing backups from configuration is designed for experienced users only. Consider using the Detach from job or Delete from disk operations instead.

Create encrypted configuration backup before removing backups from configuration. To learn more, see the Creating Encrypted Configuration Backups section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.

You can remove an entire backup related to a Veeam Agent backup job or remove specific child backups — backups related to individual computers in the backup.

Removing Backup from Configuration NOTE

Consider the following:

  • You can remove backups created by Veeam Agent backup jobs stored in the Veeam backup repository or Veeam Cloud Connect repository. Backups created on a local drive of a protected computer or in a network shared folder are not displayed in the Veeam backup console.
  • If you remove from configuration a backup of a failover cluster node, backup of all nodes of this failover cluster will be removed.

To remove a Veeam Agent backup from configuration:

  1. Open the Home view.
  2. In the inventory pane, click Backups.
  3. In the working area select and remove the necessary backup:
  • To remove the entire backup related to the Veeam Agent backup job or policy, select the backup, press and hold the [Ctrl] key, right-click the backup and select Remove from configuration.
  • To remove a backup of a specific computer in the Veeam Agent backup job or policy, expand the parent backup, select the necessary computer, press and hold the [Ctrl] key, right-click the computer and select Remove from configuration.

Remove Backup from Configuration Database