Removing Recovery Points; Deleting An Orphaned Recovery Point Chain - Dell DL4000 User Manual

number for the volume that includes a sequence number at the end (for example,
293cc667-44b4-48ab-91d8-44bc74252a4f:2), which identifies the recovery point.
8. Enter the following command to select and mount the specified recovery point at the specified
mount point/path.
m <volume_recovery_point_ID_number> <path>
NOTE: You can also specify a line number in the command instead of the recovery point ID
number to identify the recovery point. In that case, use the agent/machine line number (from
the lm output), followed by the recovery point line number and volume letter, followed by the
path, such as, m <machine_line_number> <recovery_point_line_number>
<volume_letter> <path>. For example, if the lm output lists three agent machines, and you
enter the lr command for number 2 and you to mount the 23 recovery point volume b
to /tmp/mount_dir the command is: m 2 23 b /tmp/mount_dir.
CAUTION: You must not unmount a protected Linux volume manually. In the event you need
to do this, you must execute the following command before unmounting the volume: bsctl
-d <path to volume>. In this command, <path to volume> does not refer to the mount
point of the volume but instead refers to the file descriptor of the volume; it would need to
be in a form similar to this example: /dev/sda1.

Removing recovery points

You can easily remove recovery points for a particular machine from the repository. When you delete
recovery points in AppAssure, you can specify one of the following options:
Text Box Description
Delete All Removes all recovery points for the selected agent machine from the Repository.
Recovery Points
Delete a Range of Removes all recovery points in a specified range before the current, up to and
Recovery Points including the base image, which is all data on the machine as well as all recovery
points after the current until the next base image.
NOTE: You cannot recover the recovery points you have deleted.
To remove recovery points:
1. In the left navigation area of the Core Console, select the machine for which you want to view
recovery points, and then click the Recovery Points tab.
2. Click the Actions menu.
3. Select one of the following options:
• To delete all currently stored recovery points, click Delete All.
• To delete a set of recovery points in a specific data range, click Delete Range. The Delete dialog
box appears. In the Delete Range dialog box, specify the range of recovery points that you want
to delete by using a start date and time and an end date and time, and then click Delete.

Deleting an orphaned recovery point chain

An orphaned recovery point is an incremental snapshot that is not associated with a base image.
Subsequent snapshots continue to build onto this recovery point. Without the base image, the resulting
recovery points are incomplete and are unlikely to contain the data needed to complete a recovery.
These recovery points are considered to be part of the orphaned recovery point chain. If this situation
occurs, the best solution is to delete the chain and crease a new base image.
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