Backup deletion¶
In some cases, Afi administrators might want to delete one of the backups in their Afi account; for example, to restart a backup from scratch without prior history or to free up storage space.
How to schedule backup deletion¶
To delete a backup for a user, or any other resource in an Afi account, please locate the resource on the Service → Protection tab, then click the Recover button to go to the backup. Inside the backup click on the trash can button in the top-right corner of the screen, and then confirm the backup deletion. After that, the system will schedule the backup deletion to be performed in 7 days and you will receive an email notification about the scheduled deletion. During these next 7 days administrators can cancel the deletion.
Backup deletion notifications are sent to an administrator who initiated a deletion as well as to the System notifications recipients which are configured on the Configuration → Notifications tab in the Afi portal.
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Backup deletions are processed by the Afi service asynchronously, so it is a normal situation when a scheduled backup deletion is processed a couple hours later than its exact scheduled time.
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Please note that a scheduled backup deletion automatically removes the corresponding protection SLA from the resource (user, drive, site, etc.). You can assign a protection SLA to the resource again, but it will not cancel the scheduled backup deletion operation, instead, it will create a new backup sequence for this resource, starting from a full backup. Please see the How to cancel backup deletion section on how to cancel the deletion.
Backup storage usage for a tenant is updated within 24 hours after a backup deletion.
Here is a step-by-step procedure for a backup deletion:
1. Locate a resource¶
2. Click on the trash can button¶
3. Confirm the deletion¶
On the Service → Protection tab, resources with a backup that is scheduled for deletion are marked with a red Scheduled for backup deletion label. A tooltip next to the label displays the planned deletion time for the backup.
Backup deletion events in Audit¶
When an Afi account administrator schedules a backup deletion, the system creates an audit event which states who has scheduled the deletion and for which resource.
When the backup is finally deleted, the system generates another audit event specifying which backup was deleted and the deletion reason ("Requested by user").
How to cancel a backup deletion¶
To cancel a scheduled backup deletion, locate the backup on the Service → Protection tab, click on the Recover button, and then on the Cancel button inside the backup browse view and confirm the cancellation.
