Explicit deletion of Snapshot copies

You can explicitly delete any backups or Snapshot copies of LUNs created during a restore operation by selecting them. You can delete either an individual backup or multiple backups.

You can delete individual selected Snapshot copies for either full database backups or transaction logs. You can also select a database to be deleted, the types of backup set components to be deleted (full database backups or SnapInfo directory backups), and the type of backup management group to be deleted for multiple backups.

When you explicitly delete backup sets (or related SnapInfo Snapshot copies) that contain selected Storage Groups, you can expand the scope of the deletion to include backups that contain only some of the selected Storage Groups (in addition to backups that contain all the selected Storage Groups).

• Option to retain up-to-the-minute restore ability
  If you delete backups and transaction logs that are not the oldest backups in your backup list, the oldest backups are no longer available for up-to-the-minute restore. Ensure that you do not break the continuity of transaction logs between the previous backup and the present time.