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Deleting one or more existing Snapshot copies from a volume

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.

  1. Use the volume snapshot show command to verify which Snapshot copies you want to delete.
    Example
    cluster::> volume snapshot show -vserver vs3 -volume vol3

    ---Blocks---
    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.
  2. Use the volume snapshot delete command to delete all of the Snapshot copies.
    Example
    cluster::> volume snapshot delete -vserver vs3 -volume vol3 *
    10 entries were acted on.