RemoveBackups

Last updated: 2025-10-28 22:49:33

RemoveBackups

Last updated: 2025-10-28 22:49:33

1. API Description

Domain name for API request: sqlserver.intl.tencentcloudapi.com.

This API is used to delete backup files created by users manually. The backup policy to be deleted can be instance backup or multi-database backup.

A maximum of 20 requests can be initiated per second for this API.

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2. Input Parameters

The following request parameter list only provides API request parameters and some common parameters. For the complete common parameter list, see Common Request Parameters.

Parameter Name	Required	Type	Description
Action	Yes	String	Common Params. The value used for this API: RemoveBackups.
Version	Yes	String	Common Params. The value used for this API: 2018-03-28.
Region	Yes	String	Common Params. For more information, please see the list of regions supported by the product. This API only supports: ap-bangkok, ap-beijing, ap-chengdu, ap-chongqing, ap-guangzhou, ap-hongkong, ap-jakarta, ap-nanjing, ap-seoul, ap-shanghai, ap-shanghai-fsi, ap-shenzhen-fsi, ap-singapore, ap-tokyo, eu-frankfurt, na-ashburn, na-siliconvalley, sa-saopaulo.
InstanceId	Yes	String	Instance ID. For example, mssql-j8kv137v.
BackupNames.N	No	Array of String	Backup names to be deleted. Backup names can be obtained through the FileName field of the DescribeBackups API. The number of backups for batch deletion in a single request should not exceed 10. This field is required when the values of StartTime and EndTime are null.
StartTime	No	String	Start time for batch deletion of manual backups. This field is required when the value of BackupNames is null.
EndTime	No	String	Deadline for batch deletion of manual backups. This field is required when the value of BackupNames is null.

3. Output Parameters

Parameter Name	Type	Description
RequestId	String	The unique request ID, generated by the server, will be returned for every request (if the request fails to reach the server for other reasons, the request will not obtain a RequestId). RequestId is required for locating a problem.

4. Example

Example1 Deleting Manual Backups

Input Example

https://sqlserver.intl.tencentcloudapi.com/?Action=RemoveBackups
&InstanceId=mssql-6upluvd5
&BackupNames.0=manual_instance_58001_20180702010430.bak.tar
&StartTime=2022-04-20 22:23:12
&EndTime=2022-04-21 22:23:12
&<Common request parameters>

Output Example

{
    "Response": {
        "RequestId": "55e283aa-0001-4b22-8b60-b208f08cf580"
    }
}

5. Developer Resources

SDK

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Command Line Interface

Tencent Cloud CLI 3.0

6. Error Code

The following only lists the error codes related to the API business logic. For other error codes, see Common Error Codes.

Error Code	Description
InternalError.CosError	COS API error.
InternalError.DBError	Database error
InternalError.SystemError	System error.
InvalidParameter.InputIllegal	Input error.
ResourceNotFound.InstanceNotFound	The instance does not exist.
ResourceUnavailable.InstanceStatusInvalid	Invalid instance status.
UnauthorizedOperation.PermissionDenied	CAM authentication error.

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