(Archived) How to delete a database snapshot

If you like to delete a database snapshot you created or a safety copy of a database snapshot created in proceeding of a database restore operation.

Snapshot Types

There are 2 types of snapshots. Ones marked as created automatically and those marked as created manually. You are not allowed to delete snapshots created automatically.

General usage instructions

The general usage instructions for the cloud managment tool suite r3 can be found here.

Step-by-step guide

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~$ r3 db destroy -h

# Response
Destroy Restore-Snapshots/Database Servers of this Environment.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --loglevel {INFO,ERROR}
                        Define Loglevel for Execution (default: INFO)
  --db-id DB_ID         Destroy Restore-Database Server.
  --snapshot-id SNAPSHOT_ID
                        Destroy Restore-Snapshot.

How to delete a database backup

Obtain the identifier of the snapshot e.g. by listing the available snapshots using r3 db list --snapshots command
Provide the identifier to the command line r3 db destroy --snapshot-id as shown in the example.

Snapshot deletion example

~$ r3 db destroy --snapshot-id restore-snapshot-2017-10-23-10-35

# Response
This is a destructive operation. It may cause data loss!
Environment: test Project: backend Company: root360 
+-----------------------------------+----------------------+---------+-----------------+
| SnapshotIdentifier                | DataBaseIdentifier   | Status  | PercentProgress |
+-----------------------------------+----------------------+---------+-----------------+
| restore-snapshot-2017-10-23-10-35 | rr15mnrj9rcaecp      | deleted | 100             |
+-----------------------------------+----------------------+---------+-----------------+

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How to delete a database backup

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