db_backup_delete_unusable

This job deletes all unusable backups for the given database. An unusable backup is a backup which cannot be read or used anymore, for example a level 1 backup without a corresponding level 0 backup.

Mandatory Parameters

Parameter Name Data Type Description
db_name string Name of an existing database with unusable backups.

Optional Parameters

There are no optional parameters.

Substitute Parameters

There are no substitute parameters.

Allowed Users

The following users are allowed to run this job:

  • root

Allowed Groups

The following groups are allowed to run this job:

  • root
  • exaadm
  • exadbadm

Examples

The following code snippets show how to use this job using both Python (via XML-RPC) and on the command-line using confd_client.

conn.job_exec('db_backup_delete_unusable', {'params': {'db_name': 'exa_db'}})
confd_client db_backup_delete_unusable db_name: exa_db