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Listing the Existing Backups
Managing Virtual Machines and Containers
You can use the pctl backup-list command to view the backups existing on the physical
server. For example:
# pctl backup-list
ID Backup_ID Node Date Type Size
{c1dee22f...} {209d54a0...} test.com 2011-05-30 10:19:32 f 411566405
[The ID and Backup ID are reduced for better readability.]
This command lists the backups existing on the Source Server. If you want to list the backups on
the Backup Server, you need to specify the IP address of this server.
The command output shows that currently only one backup exists on the Source Server. This
backup was assigned the ID of c1dee22f-8667-4870-9e11-278f1398eab0 (the full ID is
skipped in the command output). The information on the backup is presented in the following table:
Column Name Description
ID The ID uniquely identifying the virtual machine and Container.
Backup ID The ID assigned to the backup archive. You need to specify this ID when
performing any backup-related operations.
Node The hostname of the physical server storing the backup archive.
Date The date and time when the backup archive was created.
Type The backup type. Currently, you can create two types of backups:
• A full backup indicated by f.
• An incremental backup indicated by i and containing only the
files changed since the previous full or incremental backup. This
is the default backup type.
Size The size of the backup archive, in bytes.
Removing a Virtual Machine and Container Backup
At any time, you can remove a backup that you do not need any more using the pctl backupdelete
command. To do this, you need to specify the ID of the backup to remove and the ID of
the respective virtual machine and Container. If you do not know these IDs, use the pctl
backup-list and check the ID and Backup ID columns. For example:
# pctl backup-list
ID Backup_ID Node Date Type Size
{c1dee22f...} {209d54a0...} test.com 2011-05-30 10:19:32 f 411566405
[The ID and Backup ID are reduced for better readability.]
# pctl backup-delete c1dee22f-8667-4870-9e11-278f1398eab0 -t 209d54a0-e3b8-4a03-9ca8d4cc7a2a27ca
Delete the VM backup
The VM backup has been successfully removed.
You can also specify the virtual machine and Container name instead of its ID:
# pctl backup-delete MyVM -t 209d54a0-e3b8-4a03-9ca8-d4cc7a2a27ca
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