What is the process to delete backup jobs for a specific server that were created by a VMware virtual server subclient? In some cases I may want to manually age out some jobs. Some of these jobs may be in cloud archive. Will this free up storage?
Deleting server specific backups
Best answer by Mike Struening RETIRED
Removing jobs is pretty straightforward:
https://documentation.commvault.com/11.25/expert/13998_delete_job_from_copy.html
What’s less sure is how much space you’ll get back as a result. With your data likely deduplicated, you’ll likely only get some (or none) back since other jobs also reference those files/blocks.
A good rule of thumb is that you’ll get back space for a series of removed jobs by multiplying the total size by the dedupe ratio. And subtracting that number from the total app size (ie 100 tb worth of jobs deduped at 75% will get you 25 tb if pruned). That’s not the only factor, but it’s a good start.
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