HP MSA 2040 CLI Reference Guide

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delete all-snapshots

Description Deletes all snapshots associated with a specified volume. All data associated with the snapshots is

deleted and their space in the snap pool is freed for use. The specified volume can be a master

volume or a snap pool. The snapshots' schedules are also deleted.

Syntax

delete all-snapshots

volume

[delete-type all-standard-snapshots|all-replication-snapshots

|all-snapshot-types]

Parameters volume

volume

The name or serial number of the master volume or snap pool. For volume syntax, see "Command

syntax" (page 20).

delete-type all-standard-snapshots|all-replication-snapshots

|all-snapshot-types

Optional; for replication-enabled systems only. Specifies the type of snapshots that can be deleted. If

this parameter is omitted, the default is all-standard-snapshots, which means that the

command will try to delete only standard snapshots and will not succeed if replication snapshots

exist.

Example Delete all snapshots associated with master volume MV1:

# delete all-snapshots volume MV1

Info: This may take a few minutes if the system is under heavy load...

Success: Command completed successfully. (MV1) - All snapshots were deleted.

(2012-01-20 14:59:01)

Delete all replication snapshots associated with master volume MV2, which is the primary volume in a

replication set:

# delete all-snapshots volume MV2 delete-type all-replication-snapshots

Info: This may take a few minutes if the system is under heavy load...

Success: Command completed successfully. (MV2) - All snapshots were deleted.

(2012-01-20 14:59:01)