Veritas NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide

To delete backup images manually

1. Expire all of the images by using the bpexpdate command and the -notimmediate option. The -notimmediate option prevents bpexpdate from calling the nbdelete command, which deletes the image.

   Without this option, bpexpdate calls nbdelete to delete images. Each call to nbdelete creates a job in the Activity Monitor, allocates resources, and launches processes on the media server.

2. After you expire the last image, delete all of the images by using the nbdelete command with the - allvolumes option.

   Only one job is created in the Activity Monitor, fewer resources are allocated, and fewer processes are started on the media servers. The entire process of expiring images and deleting images takes less time.