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Dell Solutions Enabler 10.0.0 TimeFinder SnapVX CLI User Guide

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Terminate SnapVX snapshot

Description

Terminating a snapshot removes the it from the system. To terminate a snapshot it must have no linked devices or restore sessions. To unlink a snapshot refer to Unlink SnapVX snapshot.

Syntax

For terminate, use: 
symsnapvx -sid <SymmID> -sg <SgName> -snapshot_name <SnapshotName>
          [-generation <GenerationNumber>] | [-snapid [<snapsetID>]] 
          ...
          terminate [-restored [-symforce]]
                     [[[-keep_count <Count>] |
                     [-older_than -snapid <SnapsetID>] | -all ] -force]

Options

-restored
Terminates restores.
-symforce
Forces the operation to execute when normally it is rejected.
-keep_count
Specifies the number of most recent snapshots to be kept when terminating snapshots. This option must be used along with the -force option. This option can only be used for automated policy snapshots only.
-older_than
Specifies all the policy snapshots with the SnapsetID lower (older) than the specified SnapsetID. This option must be used along with the -force option. This option can only be used for automated policy snapshots only.
-snapid
Executes a terminate command using the snapsetID instead of relative generation generation number on the source SG.
-all

Terminates all snapshots on the devices for the given snapshot name.

-force

Attempts to force the operation even though one or more devices may not be in the normal, expected state(s) for the specified operation. This is required for bulk terminating snapshots.

-snapshot_name
Specifies the snapshot name to be terminated

Examples

To terminate generation 5 of the 600am snapshot, enter: 

symsnapvx -sid 001 -sg StorageGroup1 -snapshot_name 600am -gen 5 terminate

To terminate the restore of generation 5 of the 600am snapshot, enter: 

symsnapvx -sid 001 -sg StorageGroup1 -snapshot_name 600am -gen 5 terminate -restored
To terminate all automated and manual snapshots on the devices with the 600am snapshot name if they are not in use, enter: 
symsnapvx terminate -sid 001 -snap 600am -sg  StorageGroup1 -all  -force
To keep 5 of the most recent automated snapshots and terminate older snapshots on the device/devices, enter: 
symsnapvx terminate -sid 001 -snap 600am -sg StorageGroup1 –keep_count 5 -force

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