How can I delete a single file / folder from backup chain

[adamfindlay]

Hello, I suspect this is not possible but I'm wondering if anybody has any ideas on how to delete a single file / folder from within a VM that is backed up by Veeam and then push this deletion down through the whole backup chain so that the file is removed from all the backups without losing or clearing backup chain.

thanks

Adam

[hoFFy]

Hi,

this is not possible.
See: https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backu ... tml?ver=95

"To roll back a VM to a specific point in time, you need a chain of backup files: a full backup file plus a set of incremental backup files dependent on this full backup file. If some file in the backup chain is missing, you will not be able to roll back to the necessary state. For this reason, you must not delete separate backup files from the backup repository manually. Instead, you must specify retention policy settings that will let you maintain the desired number of backup files on the backup repository."

[adamfindlay]

Thanks for responding, I thought that may be the case. I will just have to wait for the backups to age out until the file is deleted.

thanks

Adam