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  2. NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide
  3. MSDP cloud support
  4. About MSDP cloud immutable (WORM) storage support
  5. Deleting the immutable image with the governance mode
NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide

Deleting the immutable image with the governance mode

You can delete the immutable image with the governance mode retention lock.

To delete the immutable image with the governance mode

  1. Export the environment variables MSDPC_ACCESS_KEY, MSDPC_SECRET_KEY of the cloud administrator.

    export MSDPC_ACCESS_KEY=<your access key id>

    export MSDPC_SECRET_KEY=<your secret key>

  2. Run the following command to find the backup ID and copy number.

    catdbutil --worm list --allow_worm

  3. Unlock the retention lock.

    catdbutil --worm disable --backupid ${my_backup_id} --copynum ${my_copy_num} --allow_worm

  4. Expire the WORM image by using the NetBackup command.

    bpexpdate -backupid ${my_backup_id} -d 0 -try_expire_worm_copy -copy ${my_copy_num}

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