Deleting snapshots

You can keep snapshots for a certain number of hours, days, weeks, or months before being automatically deleted. You should define the retention period to indicate the length of time that snapshots are retained. If you need to free hard disk space on the destination, you can manually remove unnecessary snapshots.

Note:

You can store snapshots up to a limit that is determined by your underlying snapshot technology. This limit may vary considerably if alternative snapshot providers are installed.

Snapshots that are associated with a given backup destination can also be deleted when the backup destination itself is deleted.

To delete snapshots

  1. On the navigation bar, click Setup.

  2. In the selection pane, click Backup Destinations.

  3. In the results pane, right-click the backup destination, and then click Properties.

  4. In the Properties pane, under History, click Snapshots.

  5. In the Available snapshots for backup destination list, select the snapshot, and then click Delete.

  6. Click Yes to confirm you want to delete the snapshot.

  7. Click OK.

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