Interactive Delete

Enterprise

Bacula Enterprise Only

This solution is only available for Bacula Enterprise. For subscription inquiries, please reach out to sales@baculasystems.com.

It is possible to delete backup(s), snapshot(s) or volume(s) by running the /opt/bacula/bin/openstack-vm-execute-interactive-delete procedure with relevant parameters

Note

The delete operation is sent through Openstack API, and it has the force flag activated by default.

Parameters

-b <backup-ID>: For interactive backup deletion if no ID is specified the procedure will go through all backups asking for deletion.
-c <admin-openrc> Path to modified admin-openrc.sh DEFAULT=/opt/bacula/admin-openrc.sh.
-s <snapshot-ID> For interactive snapshot deletion if no ID is specified the procedure will go through all snapshots asking for deletion.
-t <tools> Path to openstack-vm-scripts DEFAULT=/opt/bacula/bin/
-p <project-id> - If set restore will target VM in this project only.
-v <volume-ID> For interactive volume deletion if no ID is specified the procedure will go through all volumes asking for deletion.
-h Display help

Example

The options of this procedure are analog to other operations, but used for backup/snapshot/volume deletion instead.

Interactive delete of backups would be /opt/bacula/bin/openstack-vm-execute-interactive-delete -b

With an output looking like this:

root@openstack-bck:~# /opt/bacula/bin/openstack-vm-execute-interactive-delete -b
INTERACTIVE BACKUP DELETE START

Would you like to delete BACKUP
ID=<backup1_ID>
NAME=<backup1_name>
DESCRIPTION=Backup done by Bacula Enterprise INSTANCE=<instance_name> DATE=Tue Mar 19 16:34:03 UTC 2024

Start deletion [y]es / [N]o ?y
Delete command sent


Would you like to delete BACKUP
ID=<backup2_ID>
NAME=<backup2_name>
DESCRIPTION=Backup done by Bacula Enterprise INSTANCE=<instance_name> DATE=Tue Mar 19 16:34:03 UTC 2024

Start deletion [y]es / [N]o ?y
Delete command sent

...

INTERACTIVE BACKUP DELETE FINISHED