Parameter

Description

 

 

snapImageID

The snapImageID parameter accepts only the

 

OLDEST option. This parameter deletes the earliest

 

snapshot image created.

Notes

You can delete the oldest snapshot image from a snapshot group repository virtual disk. The definition of a snapshot image that you delete is removed from the system. The space occupied by the snapshot image that you delete from the snapshot group repository virtual disk is released and made available for reuse within the snapshot group.

Any snapshot virtual disks that exist for a snapshot image transition to the Stopped state when the snapshot image is deleted.

This command will not run when the RAID controller module is in Lockdown mode.

Delete Snapshot (Legacy) Virtual Disk

Description

This command deletes one or more snapshot (legacy) virtual disks or snapshot (legacy) repository virtual disks. You can also use this command to remove schedules for creating snapshots (legacy).

CAUTION: Possible damage to the storage array configuration – All of the data in the virtual disk is lost as soon as you run this command.

Syntax

delete (virtualDisk [virtualDiskName]

virtualDisks [virtualDiskName1 ... virtualDiskNameN]) [schedule]

Parameters

Parameter

Description

 

 

virtualDisk or virtualDisks

The name of the snapshot (legacy) virtual disk that

 

you want to delete. You can enter more than one

 

snapshot (legacy) virtual disk name. Enclose the

 

snapshot (legacy) virtual disk name in square

 

brackets ([ ]). If the snapshot (legacy) virtual disk

 

name has special characters, you also must

 

enclose the snapshot (legacy) virtual disk name in

 

double quotation marks (" ").

schedule

This parameter deletes the schedule for a specific

 

snapshot (legacy) virtual disk. Only the schedule is

 

deleted, the snapshot (legacy) virtual disk remains.

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