Remove-VBRBackup

Short Description

Removes selected backups.

Note

If the four-eyes authorization is enabled, you cannot run this cmdlet. For more information, see the Four-Eyes Authorization section in the User Guide for VMware vSphere.

Applies to

Platform: VMware, Hyper-V

Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License

Syntax

This cmdlet provides parameter sets that allow you to:

  • Remove selected backups from the database.

Remove-VBRBackup -Backup <CBackup[]> [-WhatIf] [-Confirm]  [<CommonParameters>]

  • Remove selected backups from the disk.

Remove-VBRBackup -Backup <CBackup[]> -FromDisk [-RunAsync] [-IncludeGFS] [-FromDBIfSPUnavailable] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm]  [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet removes selected backups created by all types of jobs: backup jobs, backup copy jobs, Cloud Director jobs and Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows backup jobs. When you remove backups, you can use the following options:

  • Remove from the database. When you remove a backup from the database, you remove records about the backup from the Veeam configuration database. The backup files remain in the repository. You can import these backups later with the Import-VBRBackup cmdlet.

Note

Cloud Connect backups cannot be removed with this option. To remove a Cloud Connect backup from the configuration, contact Veeam Support.

  • Remove from the disk. With this option, the backup is removed from the database and from the disk. This removal is complete and non-reversible.

Important

You must use this option if you remove backups from archive extents and capacity extents.

This cmdlet removes all restore points associated with backups of all VMs processed by the job. You should remove backups carefully considering the subsequent backup jobs that may fail to produce a valid backup. To remove backups of individual VMs, run the Remove-VBRRestorePoint cmdlet.

To remove a replicated VM, run the Remove-VBRReplica cmdlet.

To remove a backup job, run the Remove-VBRJob cmdlet.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Type

Required

Position

Accept
Pipeline
Input

Backup

Specifies the array of backups you want to remove.

Accepts the CBackup[] object. To get this object, run the Get-VBRBackup cmdlet.

[For backups from archive extents and capacity extents] Accepts the VBRSOBRObjectStorageBackup object. To get this object, run the Get-VBRSOBRObjectStorageBackup cmdlet.

True

0

True (ByValue,
ByProperty
Name)

IncludeGFS

Defines that the cmdlet will remove backups with GFS flags (weekly, monthly and yearly).

SwitchParameter

False

Named

False

FromDBIfSPUnavailable

Defines that the cmdlet will remove backups from a database if a cloud provider is not available.

SwitchParameter

False

Named

False

FromDisk

Defines that the cmdlet will delete backups from disk. If you do not provide this parameter, the cmdlet will delete only the information about the backups.

Note: You must provide this parameter to remove backups from archive extents and capacity extents.

SwitchParameter

True

Named

False

RunAsync

Defines that the command returns immediately without waiting for the task to complete.

SwitchParameter

False

Named

False

WhatIf

Defines whether the cmdlet writes a message that describes the effects of running the cmdlet without actually performing any action.

SwichParameter

False

Named

False

Confirm

Defines whether the cmdlet displays a prompt that asks if the user is sure that they want to continue.

Note: Microsoft PowerShell enables the Confirm parameter for this cmdlet by default. To disable this option, set the parameter value to $false. That is, Confirm:$false.

SwitchParameter

False

Named

False

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see Microsoft Docs.

Output Object

None.

Examples

Remove-VBRBackupExample 1. Removing Specific Backups from Database [Using Pipeline]

Remove-VBRBackupExample 2. Removing Backups from Disk with Specified Names [Using Pipeline]

Remove-VBRBackupExample 3. Removing Backup from Disk [Using Variable]

Remove-VBRBackupExample 4. Removing Backups from Capacity Extents

Remove-VBRBackupExample 5. Removing Backups from Archive Extents

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