Remove Manual Snapshots of Protected Azure VMs
You can remove snapshots of the protected items from Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure.
Request
To delete snapshots of the protected items with the specified ID, send the HTTP POST request to the /protectedItem/{id}/deleteSnapshots endpoint. {id} is a system ID assigned to the protected item in the Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure REST API.
HTTP Request
POST https://<hostname>/api/v3/protectedItem/{id}/deleteSnapshots |
Request Headers
The request contains the following headers.
Header | Required | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Authorization | Required | Bearer <Access-Token> | Authenticates a client who sends the request to the server. Must contain the access token for the current logon session in the Bearer <Access-Token> format. |
Response
The server returns the following response to the client.
Response Codes
A successfully completed operation returns a response code 200 (OK).
Response Headers
The response to this request contains the following headers. The response may also include additional standard HTTP headers.
Header | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
Content-length | integer | Identifies the length of the response body message, in bytes. |
Content-type |
| Identifies the media type of the response body message. |
Example
The following request deletes snapshots of the protected item with the ID 6ac40b80-4bdb-46e9-9759-0fc0d1166ccf.
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