Delete a User-Defined Backup Set/Archive Set

Before You Begin

• Each agent that utilizes backup sets/archive sets requires the default backup set/archive set in its configuration; therefore, you cannot delete a default backup set/archive set using this procedure. If you want to delete a default backup set/archive set, you must uninstall the agent software that contains it.
• The system does not allow you to delete a backup set/archive set if one of its subclients is being backed up/archived. Any attempt to delete a backup set/archive set under such a condition causes the deletion to fail. If a data protection operation is in progress, do one of the following:
  • Wait for the data protection job to complete.
  • Kill the data Protection job using the Job Manager.
• When you delete a backup set/archive set, several actions occur:
  • The backup set/archive set, its corresponding subclients, and any data that may have been backed up/archived from the backup set/archive set are logically deleted. Once the backup set/archive set is deleted, you can no longer access the corresponding data for restore/recovery purposes.
  • All job schedules and job histories that pertain to the subclients of the deleted backup set/archive set are deleted.

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To delete a user-defined backup set or archive set:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the user-defined backup set/archive set that you want to delete, select All Tasks and then click Delete.
2. A confirmation message is displayed, asking if you want to delete the backup set/archive set with all of its subclients. Click Yes to continue the deletion, or click No to cancel the deletion and retain the backup set.
3. If you clicked Yes in the previous step, then the Enter Confirmation Text dialog will appear, indicating that all the data in the backup set/archive set will be permanently removed. To confirm this action and continue with the deletion, type erase and reuse media in the entry space provided on this dialog. Click OK. The system will delete the selected backup set/archive node, the subclient nodes contained within it, and remove them from the CommCell Browser along with any associated data.