Use the delete backup command to delete
a VSS backup of an Exchange Server database.
You must have local registry rights
(for all versions of Exchange Server) to run a Tivoli® Storage FlashCopy® Manager for Exchange
Server delete
backup.
- When you run full VSS snapshot backup, the backup remains active
until the backup version is either deleted with the delete backup
command, or expired by Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager according
to the defined policy. The expiration does not delete an incremental
backup. Two different active backups can exist at the same time:
- Full backup, along with any associated incremental backups and
differential backups.
- Copy backup, along with any associated incremental backups and
differential backups.
- When you delete an active full or copy backup, the state of the
previous active full or copy backup changes from inactive to active.
However, the current active incremental or differential backup is
not deleted and erroneously seems to be associated with the newly
active full or copy backup. Also, the incremental or differential
backup (associated with the previous inactive full or copy backup
that is now changed to active) remains inactive. This inactive incremental
or differential backup might not display in the query output unless
the /all parameter is specified with the query
fcm command.
- If you delete multiple LOCAL snapshots that are stored on SAN
Volume Controller, Storwize® V7000,
or Space Efficient volumes, 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.