Delete backup command

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Use the delete backup command to delete a VSS backup of a SQL Server database.

You must have local registry rights (for all versions of SQL Server) to run an IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for SQL Server delete backup.

  • If you delete multiple LOCAL snapshots that are stored on SAN Volume Controller or Storwize® family Space Efficient volumes (SEV), you must do so in the same order in which you created the snapshots. That is, you must delete the oldest one first, followed by the second oldest. Failure to delete them in this order can cause removal of other snapshots of the same source.

  • If you mount a local VSS COPY type backup as a snap of a snap, the snap of a snap volume is also deleted along with the VSS backup.
  • Delete Backup syntax Use the delete backup command syntax diagrams as a reference to view available options and truncation requirements.

  • Delete Backup positional parameters

    Positional parameters immediately follow the delete backup command and precede the optional parameters.

  • Delete Backup optional parameters

    Optional parameters follow the delete backup command and positional parameters.

  • Delete backup example

    This output example provides a sample of the text, messages, and process status that displays when you use the delete backup command.