Delete Backups

Delete backup recovery points from a vault.

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Deleting a recovery point deletes the underlying backup data (e.g. AMIs, Snapshots, etc.) Use with caution.

Usage

Input

Parameter	Description	Type	Required	Default Value
backup_vault_name	Backup vault from which to delete recovery points	string	Yes	None
recovery_point_arns	Recovery point ARNs to delete	list(string)	Yes	None
region	Region for operation. Leave blank for session default	string	No	Session Default
debug	Increase log verbosity	bool	No	False
silent	Decrease log verbosity	bool	No	False
output	Output format table	string	No	None
session	Established session	object	No	None

Output

Returns a list of recovery points that failed the deletion:

['arn:aws:ec2:us-east-1::image/ami-abcdef1234567890']

Examples

Delete backups from Default backup vault:

aaws backup delete_backups --backup_vault_name Default --recovery_point_arns arn:aws:ec2:us-east-1::image/ami-1234567890abcdef0 arn:aws:ec2:us-east-1::image/ami-abcdef1234567890

Examples

Delete backups from Default backup vault:

from avtomat_aws import backup

response = backup.delete_backups(recovery_point_arns=["arn:aws:ec2:us-east-1::image/ami-1234567890abcdef0",
                                                      "arn:aws:ec2:us-east-1::image/ami-abcdef1234567890"])