Delete a backup CR or restore CR in Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization using Velero
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Delete backup and restore resources for VMs in OpenShift Virtualization using Velero. Use the OpenShift CLI to delete backups while retaining object storage data, or the Velero CLI to delete both the Backup Custom Resource (CR) and associated storage data.
Deleting a backup
You can delete a Backup CR without deleting the Object Storage data by using the OC CLI tool.
oc delete backup <backup_CR_name> -n <velero_namespace>
If you want the delete the Backup CR and delete the associated object storage data, you can do so by using the Velero CLI tool.
Download the CLI as given in the instructions in the Velero documentation.
Execute the following delete command using the Velero CLI
velero backup delete <backup_CR_name> -n <velero_namespace>
Deleting a Restore
You can delete the Restore CR using the Velero CLI
velero restore delete restore --namespace openshift-adp
You can use oc command as well as the UI to delete the restore CR
oc delete backup <backup_CR_name> -n <velero_namespace>