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December 9th, 2014 23:00
Specific backedup datadeletion in Avamar
All,
We had backed up a server , but later realised there was some unwanted data we backedup and now want to delete those specific data, fiesystems/folders .as almost we backedup double size than intended .
Can someone guide us how can we delete specific data or any other option
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clevya
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December 10th, 2014 03:00
Hello,
In Avamar you cannot expire or delete parts of a backup you will need to delete the full backup.
Instructions for deleting backups are covered in the 7.1 Administration Guide page 117:
Once the backup is deleted you will need to wait for the next maintenance cycle to run for GC to complete and the space to be freed up.
Regards,
Adam
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December 10th, 2014 04:00
Thanks for reply Adam,
However,I heard of Secure delete option, Isn't it possible way
ionthegeek
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December 10th, 2014 07:00
Secure delete will only operate on entire backups. As Adam Clevy stated above, it's not possible to delete part of a backup in Avamar.
Avamar uses content addressed storage. The backup data is stored as a Merkle Tree on the Avamar server, meaning a change to any portion of the tree would require everything above that point in the tree to change. There is no mechanism to rewrite an entire backup in this way.
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December 11th, 2014 01:00
Thanks Ian.
So,can we do backup of data what we want now and delete those old images ?
thanks