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Recipe: Removing Google Cloud Spanner Backups and Snapshots

Expected deliverables:

Manually deletion of Google Cloud Spanner Backups and/or Snapshots from Veeam Backup for Google Cloud

Time to complete: 15 minutes

Ingredients:

• Access to Veeam Backup for Google Cloud appliance using a browser.
• A backup or snapshot of one or more Google Cloud Spanner databases

Before you start:
Double check that the resources that you wish to delete before doing so.

Assumptions:
You have an existing Veeam Backup for Google Cloud deployment.

Method:

1. Login the Veeam Backup for Google Cloud web interface.
2. Switch to Protected Data tab on the left
3. Ensure you have Cloud Spanner selected at the top
4. Selected the Cloud Spanner instance that require Backups or Snapshots removal
5. Click Remove in the action bar near the top
6. Select the required action, Snapshots, Backups, or Snaphot and Backups.

Links to Resources:

• Veeam Guides and Helpcenter
• Veeam Community Forums

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