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How to identify and delete unnecessary SnapMirror snapshots

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • SVMDR
  • SnapMirror
  • SnapMirror Active Sync (SMBC)

Description

  • This KB article outlines the procedure for deleting SnapMirror snapshots
  • There may be instances when unwanted snapshots need to be removed from SnapMirror source or destinations volumes due to space concerns, or other reasons
  • A common but often overlooked source of unneeded SnapMirror snapshots are the baseline snapshots created by a Reverse Resync operation during SnapMirror DR, or a DR test, or SMBC FailOver
  • Snapshot deletion may fail stating the snapshots are busy and/or owned by SnapMirror

 

 

 

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