Deleting a vSnap server

You can delete a vSnap server that is no longer used in your IBM Spectrum Protect Plus environment.

Before you begin

When a vSnap server is deleted, all recovery points that are associated with the vSnap server are purged from IBM Spectrum Protect Plus during the next maintenance job.
Attention: Deletion of a vSnap server can result in loss of data.
Before you delete a vSnap server, review the scenarios to determine whether deletion is appropriate or whether other action must be taken.

Scenario 1: The vSnap server is temporarily down due to storage or network issues.

  • Do not delete the vSnap server. If you delete the vSnap server, recovery points that are associated with the server will be purged and backups will be rebased.
  • Complete the necessary storage or network maintenance to bring the vSnap server back online.

Scenario 2: The vSnap server is assigned a new host name or IP address.

  • Do not delete the vSnap server. If you delete the vSnap server, recovery points that are associated with the server will be purged and backups will be rebased.
  • Edit the settings for the vSnap server to specify the new host name or IP address. To edit the settings for a vSnap server, follow the instructions Editing settings for a vSnap server.

Scenario 3: The vSnap server is not in use, and there are no plans to reuse it.

  • Delete the vSnap server and run a maintenance job to ensure that recovery points that are associated with the vSnap server are purged from IBM Spectrum Protect Plus.
    • Incremental backups of the data that was present on the vSnap server will no longer be possible.
    • Recovering data that was present on the vSnap server will no longer be possible.
  • Subsequent runs of backup jobs will automatically create new volumes on another vSnap server in the same site and will perform new base backups.

Scenario 4: The vSnap pool is lost and you want to build a new pool on the same vSnap server.

  1. Delete the vSnap server and run a maintenance job to ensure that recovery points that are associated with the old vSnap pool are purged from IBM Spectrum Protect Plus.
    • Incremental backups of the data that was present in the old pool will no longer be possible.
    • Recovering data that was present in the old pool will no longer be possible.
  2. On the vSnap server, create a pool.
  3. Add the vSnap server back into IBM Spectrum Protect Plus. To add a vSnap server to IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, see Adding a vSnap server as a backup storage provider.
    • Subsequent runs of backup jobs will automatically create volumes on this or another vSnap server in the same site and will perform new base backups.

Procedure

To delete a vSnap server, complete the following steps:

  1. In the navigation pane, click System Configuration > Backup Storage > Disk.
  2. Click the delete icon the delete icon that is associated with a vSnap server.
  3. Click Yes to delete the server from IBM Spectrum Protect Plus.