6.2.12.25 rmvolumebackup

Delete a volume backup.

Purpose

The rmvolumebackup command deletes a backup of an Exascale volume.

Syntax

rmvolumebackup volume-backup-ID [ --keep-data ]

Command Options

The options for the rmvolumebackup command are:

• volume-backup-ID: Identifies the volume backup that is being deleted. You can use the lsvolumebackup command to find the identifier for each volume backup.

• --keep-data: Optionally instructs the command to delete the metadata associated with the specified volume backups(s) while preserving the underlying volume data file(s) for potential future use.

Examples

Example 6-188 Delete a Volume Backup

This example shows deleting the volume backup having the ID vol0002_bkp0001_50e52177583f4be4bad68ac20b65001e.

@> rmvolumebackup vol0002_bkp0001_50e52177583f4be4bad68ac20b65001e