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I have a requirement to back up data from a server then delete it from the source once complete. Commvault doesn’t have this feature natively so thinking a workflow. Does anyone know if there is a workflow currently available that does that?
Best answer by Chris Hollis
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Hi
Hope you’re well.
What kind of data are we talking about here?
As far as i’m aware, there are no inbuilt options that do this... I believe you could however create and then execute a batchfile that does this as part of a ‘postbackup’ process of a job e.g. https://documentation.commvault.com/commvault/v11_sp20/article?p=12757.htm
If you’re talking about archive data (e.g. mailbox), we can configure jobs to clean up messages that fit a certain criteria, including delete, for more information about this please refer to: https://documentation.commvault.com/commvault/v11_sp20/article?p=28887.htm
Let me know what type of data you’re needing to remove and I’ll see what else I can find.
Chris
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Hey
As Chris mentioned already, What is the environment and type of data here?
For instance, if it’s regular servers (Windows or Unix) / NAS clients / data coming from filers such as Netapp or Celera, then archiving solution can be used to archive data for short / long term retention and then the data is automatically deleted from source.
https://documentation.commvault.com/11.24/expert/25871_deleting_file_after_archiving.html
Thanks,
Sparsh
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Hey guys, thanks for the response. It’s a Windows server hosting Splunk data. Older info is sent to a drive on the server. Every 6 months we send this to tape and delete off the source. I had another backup product in place which could do this natively, but Commvault doesn’t have that capability that I know of, so looking to script something.
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You’d just set up a post backup script to delete the contents and you should be good since it won’t work if the backup doesn’t complete.
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