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Deleting restartable contexts

If you want to start a backup instead of restarting a context, you can delete the context.

You can delete a restartable context using the vserver services ndmp restartable-backup delete command by providing the SVM name and the context ID.
Delete a restartable context: vserver services ndmp restartable-backup delete -vserver vserver-name -context-id context identifier.
cluster::> vserver services ndmpd restartable-backup show
Vserver     Context Identifier                   Is Cleanup Pending?
----------- ------------------------------------ -------------------
vserver1    330e6739-0179-11e6-a299-005056bb4bc9 false
vserver1    481025c1-0179-11e6-a299-005056bb4bc9 false
vserver2    5cf10132-0179-11e6-a299-005056bb4bc9 false
3 entries were displayed.

cluster::>
cluster::> vserver services ndmp restartable-backup delete -vserver vserver1 -context-id 481025c1-0179-11e6-a299-005056bb4bc9

cluster::> vserver services ndmpd restartable-backup show
Vserver     Context Identifier                   Is Cleanup Pending?
----------- ------------------------------------ -------------------
vserver1    330e6739-0179-11e6-a299-005056bb4bc9 false
vserver2    5cf10132-0179-11e6-a299-005056bb4bc9 false
3 entries were displayed.

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