Deletes the record of a dump set from the Backup Database
Synopsis
bak deletedump -id dumpID [-help]
Options
-id dumpID
The dump ID number of the dump set to be deleted from the Backup Database. Use the bak dumpinfo command to list the current dump IDs from the
Backup Database.
-help
Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options specified with this option are ignored.
Description
The bak deletedump command removes the record of the dump set associated with the specified dump ID from the Backup Database. It can be used to remove from
the Backup Database the record of a dump that contains incorrect data or for which the corresponding tape is to be discarded.
After the record of a dump set is deleted from the Backup Database, dump sets for which it serves as the parent, either directly or indirectly, can no longer be used to restore data to the file system. The bak deletedump command can be reissued to remove the record of such dumps from the Backup Database, but leaving a record of them in the database causes no problems. Also, as long as the tape that contains the parent dump set remains available, the bak scantape command can be used to restore information about that dump set from the tape to the Backup Database, again making the dump sets that rely on the parent dump set usable.
Use the bak dumpinfo command to list the dump IDs currently recorded in the Backup Database.
Privilege Required
The issuer must be listed in the admin.bak files on all Backup Database machines.
Examples
The following command deletes the record of the dump set with dump ID 653777462 from the Backup Database:
$ bak del 653777462
Related Information
Commands: bak dump(8dfs)