---
name: "backup_delvolentry"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "openafs-client"
version: "1.8.13.2-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/backup_delvolentry"
---

# backup\_delvolentry(8)

Deletes a volume entry from a volume set

## NAME

backup\_delvolentry - Deletes a volume entry from a volume set

## SYNOPSIS

**backup delvolentry** **-name** \<*volume set name*\>\
     **-entry** \<*volume set index*\> \[**-localauth**\]\
     \[**-cell** \<*cell name*\>\] \[**-help**\]

**backup delvole** **-n** \<*volume set name*\>\
     **-e** \<*volume set index*\>\
     \[**-l**\] \[**-c** \<*cell name*\>\] \[**-h**\]

## DESCRIPTION

The **backup delvolentry** command deletes the indicated volume entry from the volume set specified with the **-name** argument.  Use the **-entry** argument to identify the volume entry by its index number. To display the index numbers, use the **backup listvolsets** command.

If there are any remaining volume entries with index numbers higher than the deleted entry, their indexes are automatically decremented to eliminate any gaps in the indexing sequence.

## CAUTIONS

Deleting volume entries from a temporary volume set is possible only within the interactive session in which the volume set was created.

## OPTIONS

- **-name** \<*volume set name*\>

  Names the volume set from which to delete a volume entry.

- **-entry** \<*volume set index*\>

  Specifies the index number of the volume entry to delete. Use the **backup** **listvolsets** command to display the index numbers for a volume set's volume entries.

- **-localauth**

  Constructs a server ticket using a key from the local */etc/openafs/server/KeyFile* file. The **backup** command interpreter presents it to the Backup Server, Volume Server and VL Server during mutual authentication. Do not combine this flag with the **-cell** argument. For more details, see [**backup**(8)](/backup/8.md).

- **-cell** \<*cell name*\>

  Names the cell in which to run the command. Do not combine this argument with the **-localauth** flag. For more details, see [**backup**(8)](/backup/8.md).

- **-help**

  Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.

## EXAMPLES

The following command deletes the fourth volume entry from the volume set called `"sys"`:

```
   % backup delvolentry -name sys -entry 4
```

## PRIVILEGE REQUIRED

The issuer must be listed in the */etc/openafs/server/UserList* file on every machine where the Backup Server is running, or must be logged onto a server machine as the local superuser `"root"` if the **-localauth** flag is included.

## SEE ALSO

[**backup**(8)](/backup/8.md), [**backup\_addvolentry**(8)](/backup_addvolentry/8.md), [**backup\_addvolset**(8)](/backup_addvolset/8.md), [**backup\_delvolset**(8)](/backup_delvolset/8.md), [**backup\_listvolsets**(8)](/backup_listvolsets/8.md)

## COPYRIGHT

IBM Corporation 2000. \<http://www.ibm.com/\> All Rights Reserved.

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