openafs/doc/xml/AdminReference/sect8/backup_deldump.xml

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<refentry id="backup_deldump8">
  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>backup deldump</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
  </refmeta>
  <refnamediv>
    <refname>backup deldump</refname>
    <refpurpose>Deletes a dump level from the Backup Database</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsect1>
    <title>Synopsis</title>
    <para><emphasis role="bold">backup deldump</emphasis> <emphasis role="bold">-dump</emphasis> &lt;<emphasis>dump level name</emphasis>&gt; [<emphasis role="bold">-localauth</emphasis>]
        [<emphasis role="bold">-cell</emphasis> &lt;<emphasis>cell name</emphasis>&gt;] [<emphasis role="bold">-help</emphasis>]</para>

    <para><emphasis role="bold">backup deld</emphasis> <emphasis role="bold">-d</emphasis> &lt;<emphasis>dump level name</emphasis>&gt; [<emphasis role="bold">-l</emphasis>] [<emphasis role="bold">-c</emphasis> &lt;<emphasis>cell name</emphasis>&gt;]
        [<emphasis role="bold">-h</emphasis>]</para>

  </refsect1>
  <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
    <para>The <emphasis role="bold">backup deldump</emphasis> command deletes the indicated dump level and all of
    its child dump levels from the dump hierarchy in the Backup Database. Use
    the <emphasis role="bold">backup listdumps</emphasis> command to display the dump hierarchy.</para>

  </refsect1>
  <refsect1>
    <title>Options</title>
    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><emphasis role="bold">-dump</emphasis> &lt;<emphasis>dump level name</emphasis>&gt;</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Specifies the complete pathname of the dump level to delete.</para>

        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><emphasis role="bold">-localauth</emphasis></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Constructs a server ticket using a key from the local
          <replaceable>/usr/afs/etc/KeyFile</replaceable> file. The <emphasis role="bold">backup</emphasis> command interpreter presents
          it to the Backup Server, Volume Server and VL Server during mutual
          authentication. Do not combine this flag with the <emphasis role="bold">-cell</emphasis> argument. For
          more details, see <link linkend="backup8">backup(8)</link>.</para>

        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><emphasis role="bold">-cell</emphasis> &lt;<emphasis>cell name</emphasis>&gt;</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Names the cell in which to run the command. Do not combine this argument
          with the <emphasis role="bold">-localauth</emphasis> flag. For more details, see <link linkend="backup8">backup(8)</link>.</para>

        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><emphasis role="bold">-help</emphasis></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are
          ignored.</para>

        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>
  <refsect1>
    <title>Examples</title>
    <para>The following command deletes the dump level <computeroutput>/sunday1/monday1</computeroutput> from the
    dump hierarchy, along with any of its child dump levels.</para>

<programlisting>
   % backup deldump /sunday1/monday1

</programlisting>
    </refsect1>
    <refsect1>
      <title>Privilege Required</title>
      <para>The issuer must be listed in the <replaceable>/usr/afs/etc/UserList</replaceable> file on every
      machine where the Backup Server is running, or must be logged onto a
      server machine as the local superuser <computeroutput>root</computeroutput> if the <emphasis role="bold">-localauth</emphasis> flag is
      included.</para>

    </refsect1>
    <refsect1>
      <title>See Also</title>
      <para><link linkend="backup8">backup(8)</link>,
      <link linkend="backup_adddump8">backup_adddump(8)</link>,
      <link linkend="backup_listdumps8">backup_listdumps(8)</link></para>

    </refsect1>
    <refsect1>
      <title>Copyright</title>
      <para>IBM Corporation 2000. &lt;http://www.ibm.com/&gt; All Rights Reserved.</para>

      <para>This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0.  It was
      converted from HTML to POD by software written by Chas Williams and Russ
      Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell.</para>

    </refsect1>
  </refentry>