Deleting all backups of a VM or BareMetal server

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud (CLI) command line interface yet, install and initialize it.

The folder specified when creating the CLI profile is used by default. To change the default folder, use the yc config set folder-id <folder_ID> command. You can specify a different folder using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.

1. See the description of the CLI command for deleting a backup archive:

   yc backup backup batch-delete --help
   

2. Get a list of all backup archives in the default folder:

   yc backup backup list-archives
   

   Result:

   +--------------------------------------+-------------+----------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+---------------------+------------------------+
   |                  ID                  | RESOURCE ID |     INSTANCE ID      |                                         NAME                                         |  SIZE  |     CREATED AT      |     UPDATED AT      | LAST BACKUP CREATED AT |
   +--------------------------------------+-------------+----------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+---------------------+------------------------+
   | d8322308-fc11-833a-6b52-ca63******** |             | epd73glhmkr0******** | second-vm-579CFEB6-A557-4922-AACD-697FADED0529-40DC750F-057C-41FD-8AAE-D485A******** | 6.0 GB | 2025-03-02 15:33:44 | 0001-01-01 00:00:00 | 2025-03-02 16:07:13    |
   | 4508faa1-3372-542e-f73a-cccf******** |             | epdolbm6ijmt******** | backup-vm-579CFEB6-A557-4922-AACD-697FADED0529-86A93494-96F7-4168-A44C-0A969******** | 9.3 GB | 2025-03-02 14:13:46 | 0001-01-01 00:00:00 | 2025-03-02 16:07:16    |
   +--------------------------------------+-------------+----------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+---------------------+------------------------+
   

   Note

   You can request a list of backup archives for a specific VM or BareMetal server:

   yc backup backup list-archives --instance-id <VM_or_BareMetal_server_ID>
   

   However, this command will provide an output in case the VM or server you specified has not been deleted, i.e., it is still there and connected to Cloud Backup.

3. Delete the backup archive:

   • You can delete the archive by specifying its ID:

     yc backup backup batch-delete \
       --archive-id <archive_ID>
     

     Where --archive-id is the ID of the backup archive you need to delete.

   • You can delete the archive by specifying the IDs of the VM or server and the backup policy:

     yc backup backup batch-delete \
       --instance-id <VM_or_BareMetal_server_ID> \
       --policy-id <policy_ID>
     

     Where:

     • --instance-id: ID of the VM or BareMetal server whose backups you need to delete. When using the --instance-id parameter, you must specify the --policy-id parameter as well.
     • --policy-id: ID of the backup policy on which the backups you need to delete were based. When using the --policy-id parameter, you must specify the --instance-id parameter as well.