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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Commands Reference Guide
  3. Appendix A. NetBackup Commands
  4. vmdelete
Veritas NetBackup™ Commands Reference Guide

Name

vmdelete — delete volumes from EMM database

SYNOPSIS

vmdelete [-h EMM_server | volume_database_host] [-m media_id | -v volume_group]

On UNIX systems, the directory path to this command is /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/

On Windows systems, the directory path to this command is install_path\Volmgr\bin\

DESCRIPTION

Delete volumes from the Enterprise Media Manager database.

Any authorized user can run this command.

For more information about NetBackup authorization, refer to the NetBackup Security and Encryption Guide.

OPTIONS

-h EMM_server | volume_database_host

This option is only applicable for NetBackup Enterprise Server.

The name of the Enterprise Media Manager database host that contains information about volumes. If no host is specified, the configured EMM server is used by default.

-m media_id

Specifies the media ID of the volume to delete from the volume database.

-v volume_group

Specifies the volume group to delete. All volumes in this group are deleted from the volume database.

NOTES

Only limited validation of the option parameters is done.

EXAMPLES

Example 1 - Delete a single volume:

# vmdelete -m AJS144

Example 2 - Delete all volumes with the volume group name of DELETE_ME:

# vmdelete -v DELETE_ME

SEE ALSO

See vmadd.

See vmchange.

See vmquery.

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