How to Remove Vertica Backups

Products

• CA Infrastructure Management
• DX NetOps
• CA Performance Management - Usage and Administration

Issue/Introduction

What is the procedure for removing Data Repository Backups?

Environment

Any version of CAPM

Resolution

1. To List backups run the following command:: /opt/vertica/bin/vbr.py --task listbackup --config-file <path to config file>.ini 
2. To remove backups run the following command: /opt/vertica/bin/vbr.py --task remove --config-file <path to config file>.ini --archive <time stamp>

Additional Information

See the Vertica Documentation for more example syntax:
https://my.vertica.com/docs/8.0.x/HTML/Content/Authoring/AdministratorsGuide/BackupRestore/RemovingBackups.htm