Command Reference Guide

Marks the specified SessionID for removal. The session’s replicas will be
removed from the disk array and from the database at the next backup using
the backup specification which created the session or when the -purge option
is used.
If -reference is specified, an entry is removed only from the database. This
option can be used to remove an entry that points to a replica that no longer
exists.
-purge -barlist BackupSpecName
Removes the sessions that are marked for removal and which were created with
the specified backup specification. That means that all replicas created within
these sessions are deleted from the disk array and from the database.
-remove disk StorageID [-reference]
Marks the specified StorageID for removal. The disk will be removed at the
next backup.
To remove an entry only from the database, add the -reference option. This
option can be used to remove a disk that no longer exists.
-get disk StorageID
Displays detailed information on the specified replica. Use quotes ("") when
specifying a StorageID. The following is displayed: Storage ID, SnapshotSet ID,
Snapshot ID, Device Path, Disk Signature, Hardware Provider Name, SubSystem
Name, SubSystem ID, Lun Name, Lun ID, Unmasking list, and MountPoint.
-get session SessionID [-export_metadata folder]
Displays detailed information (components, disks) on the specified session.
If -export_metadata is specified, the (Backup Components
Document.xml) and writer metadata document (writer_name.xml) are
exported to the specified folder.
EXAMPLES
1. To list all replicas from the VSS database, run the following command:
omnidbvss —list disk
2. To remove the session “2007/12/01-1” from VSS database and the associated
replicas from the disk array, run the following command:
omnidbvss -remove session 2007/12/01-1
3. To list detailed information from the replica table of the VSS database on storage
ID “STORAGE#Volume#1&30a96598&0&SignatureB6893593Offset7E00Length
3FBB8600#{53f5630d-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}”, run the following
command:
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