Virtuozzo 7 User’s Guide
2.10. Managing Virtual Machine and Container Backups

You can delete backups with the prlctl backup-delete command.

To delete a specific VM or container backup, provide the VM or container name or UUID as well as the backup ID (you can find out these IDs with the prlctl backup-list command). For example:

# prlctl backup-list
           ID  Backup_ID      Node      Date                 Type  Size
{c1dee22f...}  {209d54a0...}  test.com  2011-05-30 10:19:32  f     411566405
[The ID and Backup ID are reduced for better readability.]
# prlctl backup-delete MyVM -t 209d54a0-e3b8-4a03-9ca8-d4cc7a2a27ca --keep-chain

With the --keep-chain option specified, the remaining backup chain will be preserved after specific backups are deleted from it.

To delete all backups of a VM or container, specify only the VM or container name or UUID:

# prlctl backup-delete MyVM