Deleting partial backups on datastore

[dthompson]

I have a backup that went to the wrong store, in this case VM 216
I can see that its sitting on the wrong drive (partially). How do I remove the vm and all the chunks and data associated with it

There is nothing in the GUI to delete. I tried a garbage collection but that did nothing.

 

[dcsapak]

you should be able to delete a single snapshot by pressing the red 'trashcan'

 

[dthompson]

The issue is that its a partial backup that actually isn't showing in the GUI. There is nothing to delete GUI wise unfortunately.

Inside the /datastore/vm folder there is only the "owner" file and no data. The folder itself is 4.0K.

Am I safe to delete this folder or are there other steps that need to be taken in order to delete the contents of what was partially backed up?

 

[dcsapak]

the 'owner' file is just a leftover and not really part of the backup, so if there is no other folder in there, there is no 'partial' backup

Am I safe to delete this folder

yes