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ReadyCloud Snapshots
I have a load of snapshots taking up space on my drive, I'd like to delete them but can't find them anywhere, any Idea how to remove these?
Geronimo88 wrote:I've just tried to delete the others, how do I delte these two:
ID 272 gen 28173 top level 271 received_uuid - path MASTER/.snapshots
ID 2876 gen 27761 top level 272 received_uuid - path MASTER/.snapshots/231/snapshot
I'd leave the first one alone. It should be empty once you get rid of 231.
For the second one, just enter
btrfs sub delete -c /data/MASTER/.snapshots/231/snapshot
Geronimo88 wrote:
thanks that freed up a substantial amount of space, how do I stop these snapshots being created everytime I delete something, I run two backups so snapshots is not required.
Snapshots are also created when a ReadyNAS "push" backup starts. (That is, when the source of the backup is local). The backup job actually backs up the snapshot. This ensures the backup is coherent.
The snapshot is deleted when the backup completes, but there might be some scenarios when that doesn't happen. For instance, if there is a power loss during the backup, the snapshot might not be deleted.
Overall, my suggestion is look for new snapshots every few days for a bit, and see if you are dealing with a recurring issue or not.
Normally, you click on snapshots on the admin web ui's share page, and then click on each share in the popup window. That should show you the snapshots, and you can right-click on one (or more) and delete them.
Are you seeing the snapshots when you do that?
No the snapshots are not there!
see attached image.
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