Deleting a Volume Snapshot

Delete a volume snapshot.

Prerequisites

  • You must be a fabric user to delete a volume snapshot.

About this task

You can delete a volume snapshot manually, if you no longer wish to retain the volume snapshot.

NOTE
A volume snapshot is deleted automatically when the retention period for the volume snapshot ends.

Procedure

  1. Log on to the Data Fabric UI.
  2. Select the Fabric user option on the Home page.
  3. Click the Table View icon on the Resources card. In the tabular list of fabrics, click the down arrow for the fabric that contains the volume whose snapshot is to be preserved.
  4. Click the volume name seen under Resource Name.
  5. Navigate to the Snapshots tab.
  6. Select the checkbox for the snapshot to delete.
  7. Click the down arrow next to Actions seen on the top right side of the tab.
  8. Click the Delete menu option.
  9. Click Delete on the message box that appears.

Results

The volume snapshot is deleted successfully. The volume snapshot is removed from the .snapshot folder. You are no longer able to access or use the volume snapshot. The data on the volume referred to by the snapshot remains intact, only the static view pointing to the volume data is deleted.

Related maprcli Commands
To implement the features described on this page, the Data Fabric UI relies on the following maprcli command. The command is provided for general reference. For more information, see maprcli Commands in This Guide.