# Unable to delete backup **URL:** https://forums.percona.com/t/unable-to-delete-backup/17701 **Category:** Percona Backup for MongoDB **Created:** [September 27, 2022, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/unable-to-delete-backup/17701 "2022-09-27T12:01:03Z") **Posts on this page:** 3 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![aranjith0](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/aranjith0/32/13012_2.png) [@aranjith0](https://forums.percona.com/u/aranjith0) #### Post date: [September 27, 2022, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/unable-to-delete-backup/17701/1 "2022-09-27T12:01:03Z")
```auto [mongod@ip-10-80-10-153 ~]$ pbm status Cluster: ======== configReplSet: - configReplSet/pmgo-pl204.int.compumark.com:27019: pbm-agent v2.0.0 OK - configReplSet/pmgo-pl202.int.compumark.com:27019: pbm-agent v2.0.0 OK - configReplSet/pmgo-pl206.int.compumark.com:27029: pbm-agent v2.0.0 OK shard1ReplSet: - shard1ReplSet/pmgo-pl203.int.compumark.com:27018: pbm-agent v2.0.0 OK - shard1ReplSet/pmgo-pl201.int.compumark.com:27018: pbm-agent v2.0.0 OK - shard1ReplSet/pmgo-pl202.int.compumark.com:27028: pbm-agent v2.0.0 OK shard2ReplSet: - shard2ReplSet/pmgo-pl204.int.compumark.com:27018: pbm-agent v2.0.0 OK - shard2ReplSet/pmgo-pl202.int.compumark.com:27018: pbm-agent v2.0.0 OK - shard2ReplSet/pmgo-pl205.int.compumark.com:27028: pbm-agent v2.0.0 OK shard3ReplSet: - shard3ReplSet/pmgo-pl206.int.compumark.com:27018: pbm-agent v2.0.0 OK - shard3ReplSet/pmgo-pl205.int.compumark.com:27018: pbm-agent v2.0.0 OK - shard3ReplSet/pmgo-pl201.int.compumark.com:27028: pbm-agent v2.0.0 OK PITR incremental backup: ======================== Status [ON] Currently running: ================== (none) Backups: ======== S3 us-east-1 s3://cm-mongo-db-shared-prod-va/pbm/backup Snapshots: 2022-09-26T14:47:50Z 1.85TB [restore_to_time: 2022-09-27T08:00:21Z] 2022-09-24T01:00:03Z 1.82TB [restore_to_time: 2022-09-24T18:49:35Z] 2022-09-17T01:00:02Z 1.81TB [restore_to_time: 2022-09-17T17:39:11Z] PITR chunks [49.95GB]: 2022-09-24T18:49:36Z - 2022-09-27T11:00:00Z 2022-09-17T17:39:12Z - 2022-09-18T17:44:51Z [mongod@ip-10-80-10-153 ~]$ pbm delete-backup 2022-09-17T01:00:02Z Are you sure you want delete backup(s)? [y/N] y Waiting for delete to be done ..Error: deleting: unable to delete: backup is a base for '2022-09-17T17:39:11 - 2022-09-18T17:44:51' [mongod@ip-10-80-10-153 ~]$ pbm delete-pitr --older-than="2022-09-24T18:49:35" Are you sure you want delete chunks? [y/N] y Waiting for delete to be done ...[done] Backup snapshots: 2022-09-17T01:00:02Z [restore_to_time: 2022-09-17T17:39:11Z] 2022-09-24T01:00:03Z [restore_to_time: 2022-09-24T18:49:35Z] 2022-09-26T14:47:50Z [restore_to_time: 2022-09-27T08:00:21Z] PITR : 2022-09-17T17:39:12Z - 2022-09-18T17:44:51Z 2022-09-24T18:49:36Z - 2022-09-27T11:00:00Z ``` ```auto [mongod@ip-10-80-10-153 ~]$ pbm delete-backup 2022-09-17T01:00:02Z Are you sure you want delete backup(s)? [y/N] y Waiting for delete to be done ..Error: deleting: unable to delete: backup is a base for '2022-09-17T17:39:11 - 2022-09-18T17:44:51' ``` ---
### Author: ![Dmytro\_Zghoba](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/dmytro_zghoba/32/4721_2.png) [@Dmytro\_Zghoba](https://forums.percona.com/u/Dmytro_Zghoba) #### Post date: [September 29, 2022, 6:14am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/unable-to-delete-backup/17701/2 "2022-09-29T06:14:28Z")
Hi @aranjith0, This is fixed in [[PBM-850] Add ability to delete older backups - Percona JIRA](https://jira.percona.com/browse/PBM-850). Wait for the release. But right now, you can delete PITR first and the backup after: ```auto pbm delete-pitr --older-than="2022-09-24T18:49:36Z" # will delete [2022-09-17T17:39:12Z - 2022-09-18T17:44:51Z] pbm delete-backup "2022-09-17T01:00:02Z" ``` ---
### Author: ![aranjith0](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/aranjith0/32/13012_2.png) [@aranjith0](https://forums.percona.com/u/aranjith0) #### Post date: [October 3, 2022, 9:30am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/unable-to-delete-backup/17701/3 "2022-10-03T09:30:57Z")
Yes, it works for me. But when i run the full backup, it gave below warning : 2022-10-03T09:27:58Z 0.00B [ERROR: get file 2022-10-03T09:27:58Z/configReplSet/local.oplog.rs.bson.s2: no such file] [2022-10-03T09:28:03Z] But I verified that the backup is getting successful at the end. ```auto [mongod@ip-10-80-10-113 ~]$ pbm status Cluster: ======== configReplSet: - configReplSet/pmgo-pl204.int.compumark.com:27019: pbm-agent v2.0.0 OK - configReplSet/pmgo-pl202.int.compumark.com:27019: pbm-agent v2.0.0 OK - configReplSet/pmgo-pl206.int.compumark.com:27029: pbm-agent v2.0.0 OK shard1ReplSet: - shard1ReplSet/pmgo-pl203.int.compumark.com:27018: pbm-agent v2.0.0 OK - shard1ReplSet/pmgo-pl201.int.compumark.com:27018: pbm-agent v2.0.0 OK - shard1ReplSet/pmgo-pl202.int.compumark.com:27028: pbm-agent v2.0.0 OK shard2ReplSet: - shard2ReplSet/pmgo-pl204.int.compumark.com:27018: pbm-agent v2.0.0 OK - shard2ReplSet/pmgo-pl202.int.compumark.com:27018: pbm-agent v2.0.0 OK - shard2ReplSet/pmgo-pl205.int.compumark.com:27028: pbm-agent v2.0.0 OK shard3ReplSet: - shard3ReplSet/pmgo-pl206.int.compumark.com:27018: pbm-agent v2.0.0 OK - shard3ReplSet/pmgo-pl205.int.compumark.com:27018: pbm-agent v2.0.0 OK - shard3ReplSet/pmgo-pl201.int.compumark.com:27028: pbm-agent v2.0.0 OK PITR incremental backup: ======================== Status [OFF] Currently running: ================== Snapshot backup "2022-10-03T09:27:58Z", started at 2022-10-03T09:27:59Z. Status: snapshot backup. [op id: 633aab1e0ba693a0885ce775] Backups: ======== S3 us-east-1 s3://cm-mongo-db-shared-prod-va/pbm/backup Snapshots: 2022-10-03T09:27:58Z 0.00B [ERROR: get file 2022-10-03T09:27:58Z/configReplSet/local.oplog.rs.bson.s2: no such file] [2022-10-03T09:28:03Z] 2022-09-28T09:20:02Z 1.86TB [restore_to_time: 2022-09-29T01:58:30Z] 2022-09-28T07:57:20Z 14.85GB [restore_to_time: 2022-09-28T08:16:32Z] PITR chunks [63.96GB]: 2022-09-29T01:58:31Z - 2022-10-03T08:44:48Z ```