How to remove specific job data from S3 repo

[Cuebid-Fredrik]

Hi,

I have a customer with a big S3 repo with migrated and archived data from several jobs - mail, sharepoint, onedrive for example.
They want to cut S3-costs and remove sharepoint and onedrive backup data but keep the mail data.
Is it possible and still keep the integrity of the mail backups?
Remove-VBOBackupItem?

Any input much appreciated!
/Fredrik

[Mildur]

Hello Fredrik

To remove backups, you need to use Remove-VBOEntityData.

Please follow the example in the user guide: https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbo36 ... ity&ver=70
Example 1 is for user backup removal. Example 3 is for SharePoint backup removal.

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$repository = Get-VBORepository -Name "ABC Daily Backup"
$user = Get-VBOEntityData -Type User -Repository $repository -Name "Chuck Brown"
Remove-VBOEntityData -Repository $repository -User $user -OneDrive -Sites

Parameter Mailbox, ArchiveMailbox, OneDrive and Sites will specify which objects of a user you will remove with the cmdlet.
For SharePoint backups we have Parameter such as Site or Team.

As always, test the command on a single user first and then check in the backup console if the right backups are gone.

Best,
Fabian

[Cuebid-Fredrik]

Brilliant! Thanks a lot Fabian!

Kind regards,
/Fredrik

[Mildur]

You're welcome

Remove-VBOBackupItem would only remove the object from a backup job.
Backups would still be in your backup repository until the retention is over.

Best,
Fabian