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Veritas™ System Recovery 21 Management Solution Administrator's Guide

Last Published: 2020-09-22

Product(s): System Recovery (21)

Deleting recovery points within a set

You can delete specific recovery points or incrementals within a set.

If the backup policy includes a password, you may be prompted to type the password when you delete recovery points within a set.

Note:

The Delete Incremental Recovery Points task does not support backups stored at OpenStorage destinations.

To delete recovery points within a set

On the Veritas System Recovery 21 Management Solution Monitor Tasks tab, right-click Veritas System Recovery Tasks, and then click New > Task.
In the Client Tasks tree, click Veritas System Recovery Tasks > Delete Incremental Recovery Points.
On the Create New Task page, in the right pane, type a name for the task.
Select the computer whose incremental recovery points you want to delete.
Type the recovery point password in the associated text box.
Select the recovery points you want to delete.
Do one of the following:
- To automatically delete all but the first recovery point (the base) and the last recovery point in the set, click Automatic Consolidation.
- To manually select which recovery points in the set to delete, click Manual, and then select the recovery points you want to delete.
  You cannot select the first recovery point (the base) and the last recovery point to consolidate.
Click OK.
In the Task Status field, click New Schedule.
Do one of the following:
- To run the task as soon as possible, click Now, and then click Schedule.
- To schedule the task to run at a later date and time, click Schedule. Specify the date and time to run the task, and then click Schedule at the bottom of the page.