You can manually delete one or more existing Snapshot copies from the volume. You might want to do this if you need more space on your volume.
Procedure
- Use the volume snapshot show command to verify which Snapshot copies you want to delete.
cluster::> volume snapshot show -vserver vs3 -volume vol3
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Vserver Volume Snapshot Size Total% Used%
-------- ------- ----------------------- ----- ------ -----
vs3 vol3
snap1.2013-05-01_0015 100KB 0% 38%
snap1.2013-05-08_0015 76KB 0% 32%
snap2.2013-05-09_0010 76KB 0% 32%
snap2.2013-05-10_0010 76KB 0% 32%
snap3.2013-05-10_1005 72KB 0% 31%
snap3.2013-05-10_1105 72KB 0% 31%
snap3.2013-05-10_1205 72KB 0% 31%
snap3.2013-05-10_1305 72KB 0% 31%
snap3.2013-05-10_1405 72KB 0% 31%
snap3.2013-05-10_1505 72KB 0% 31%
10 entries were displayed.
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Use the volume snapshot delete command to delete all of the Snapshot copies.
cluster::> volume snapshot delete -vserver vs3 -volume vol3 *
10 entries were acted on.