Deleting a snapshot fails with error "Cannot delete a Snapshot copy in use by clone volume"
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- 5/24/2024, 12:46:39 PM
Applies to
ONTAP 9
Issue
- Attempting to delete a snapshot fails with the error:
- CLI:
Error: command failed: Cannot delete a Snapshot copy in use by clone volume.
- GUI:
- CLI:
- The output of
snapshot show -fields owner
orList of Owners
from ASUP ->SNAPSHOT.XML
displayscl
which means currently the clone operation owns the snapshot.