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JohnnyBgood's avatar
12 years ago

How to delete backups successfully that are 5 years old.

NBU Version:  7.1.0.3 Master Svr:  Solaris Meida Svr 1:  Red Hat Linux Media Svr 2:  Red Hat Linux Data Domain  DD690   I found some old backups that I want to delete but want to ensure t...
  • mph999's avatar
    12 years ago
    Once you determine the backup ids, you simply expire the images: bpexpdate -d 0 -backupid -force The bpimagelist -idonly was what I was going to suggest. You only run the command once, either from a media or the master Not possible to do all at once, has to be individual against each backupid, though you could script it in a loop. Martin