Deleting all backups of a resource

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The folder used by default is the one specified when creating the CLI profile. To change the default folder, use the yc config set folder-id <folder_ID> command. You can also specify a different folder for any command using --folder-name or --folder-id. If you access a resource by its name, the search will be limited to the default folder. If you access a resource by its ID, the search will be global, i.e., through all folders based on access permissions.

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 backed up resource:

   yc backup backup list-archives \
     --instance-id <resource_ID>
   

   However, this command will only provide an output if the resource 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 backed up resource and its backup policy:

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

     Where:

     • --instance-id: ID of the Compute Cloud VM, BareMetal server, or external resource 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.