Wbadmin Delete System State Backup Action

WBAdmin Delete System State Backup

Deletes the System State Backups that you specify.

This action only applies to Windows Server 2008/Server 2008 R2.

Settings

Delete Operation

This option allows you to specify how to specify which System State Backups will be deleted.

Keep Versions

When using this option, provide the number of most recent backups to retain, all the others will be deleted.

Version

Specify a particular backup to be deleted.

Delete Oldest

Enabling this option will automatically choose the oldest System State Backup and delete it.

Keep Copies

When using the Keep Versions delete operation, this value is the number of latest backups to retain.

Version Identifier

When using the Version delete operation, this is the backup identifier of the backup to be deleted. If you do not know the version identifier of the backup, you can use the WBAdmin Get Items action to determine to view the details of the particular backup.

Backup Target

Provide the location where the backups are located. This only required if the backups are not stored on the local machine.

Machine Name

Provide the name of the machine where the backups are stored. Only required when using the Backup Target option.

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