How to monitor and verify universe backup deletion from YugabyteDB Anywhere – Yugabyte

Summary:

To confirm that a universe backup has been successfully deleted in YugabyteDB Anywhere (YBA), you should:

Check YBA application logs for state transitions and deletion confirmations.
Monitor the ybp_delete_backup_failure metric to detect potential failures.
Review the YBA UI for the final backup/task status.

Steps to Verify Backup Deletion

1. From Application Logs

YBA logs detailed information about backup state transitions and deletion outcomes. Look for the following log entries in /opt/yugabyte/data/logs/application.log:

a. State Transition:

This indicates the backup deletion process has been initiated

[DEBUG] <backup-uuid> from Backup in TaskPool-XX - Backup state transitioned from Completed to QueuedForDeletion

b. Task Completion:

This confirms the deletion task was successfully submitted and completed

[INFO] <backup-uuid> from DefaultTaskExecutionListener in TaskPool-XX - Task taskType : DeleteBackupYb, taskState: Success is completed

c. Final Deletion Confirmation:

This log entry confirms that the backup has been fully deleted from the system.

[INFO] <backup-uuid> from BackupGarbageCollector ... - Backup <backup-uuid> is successfully deleted

2. Using the YBA UI

Navigate to your universe and select
- Backups > Backups
  - Deleted backups should no longer appear in the list. If you initiated deletion via a scheduled policy, you can also check under
- Scheduled Backup Policies
  - for status updates or removal of the backup entry
  - Delete a scheduled backup and policy

3. Monitor Backup Deletion Metrics

YBA exposes a Prometheus gauge metric, ybp_delete_backup_failure, which tracks failed backup deletions per customer.

You can set up an alert or dashboard to monitor this metric:

last_over_time(ybp_delete_backup_failure{customer_uuid = "__customerUuid__"}[1d]) {{ query_condition }} 0

A value of 0 indicates no backup deletion failures in the last day, while a non-zero value signals issues that may require investigation.

Task History

In the YBA UI, check the Task History
for the backup deletion task. A successful deletion will show the task as completed with a "Success" state. If the task is stuck or spinning, it may indicate a UI or backend issue