These steps will remove the backup job(s) and job history in Veritas System Recovery (VSR):
(NOTE: These steps will NOT remove your existing recovery points but will remove all reference to them in VSR. These ‘orphaned’ recovery points are valid and can be used in a disaster recovery. These orphaned recovery points can be manually deleted without affecting the VSR history.)
1. Click on Windows Start | Run | type "services.msc", click ok.
2. Locate and stop the ‘Veritas System Recovery’ service.
3. Create a new folder called ‘OLD’, and move (do not copy) all files with the file extensions “.PQH, .PQJ, and .sv2i” located by default into following folder from the following folders:
Windows version 7, 2008 and newer:
C:\ProgramData\Veritas\VERITAS SYSTEM RECOVERY\
C:\ProgramData\Veritas\VERITAS SYSTEM RECOVERY\History\
C:\ProgramData\Veritas\VERITAS SYSTEM RECOVERY\Schedule\
4. Delete the ‘RPAM’ folder located in the following location:
Windows version 7, 2008 and newer:
C:\ProgramData\Veritas\
5. Delete the "RPAM_Store.dat" file from the Backup Destination along with "VProRecovery" hidden folder
6. If using SSR 2013 or newer:
Stop the ‘SymTrackService’ service.
7. Open a command prompt as Administrator and run the following command:
FLTMC UNLOAD SSRFsF
Delete the hidden .vtrack folder and the VTrackDiskControl.ctl file from the root of each volume being backed up.
(NOTE : To make these hidden files visible, click on Tools | Folder Options | View. Check ‘Show Hidden files and folders’ and uncheck ‘Hide protected operation system files’.)
8. Move all the existing ‘orphaned’ recovery points to a new folder location. These files can be manually deleted at a later time. The backup destination should be empty when the new backup job starts.
9. Restart the computer and setup a new backup job.