Querying The Vssdb; Deleting Backup Sessions - HP Data Protector A.06.11 Integration Manual

the VSS backup sessions. The stored information can be used for the following
purposes:
• Data mining (you can save backup components and writer metadata documents)
• Listing the backup sessions and viewing details about them
• Removing the backup sessions
You can query and manage the items of the VSSDB using the omnidbvss command.
For information on the command syntax, description, and examples, see the HP Data
Protector command line interface reference.
The following tasks can be performed using the omnidbvss command:

• Querying the VSSDB

• Deleting backup sessions

Querying the VSSDB
Using the omnidbvss command, you can list:
• All backup sessions, as well as their details.
• All backup sessions based on a specific backup specification, as well as their
details.
• All backup sessions, which were created before a specified date, as well as their
details.
• Details on a specific backup session, identified by the session ID.
Using the omnidbvss command, you can save the documents about the backup
components and writer metadata to a specified directory.
See the omnidbvss man page for the command syntax and examples.
Deleting backup sessions
Using the omnidbvss command, you can delete:
• A specific backup session, identified by the session ID, from the the VSSDB.
• All backup sessions based on a specific backup specification or that were created
before a specified date from the VSSDB.
See the omnidbvss man page for the command syntax and examples.
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