Deleting snapshots that are not showing

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Hello Community...I was a silent reader so far and learned and got a lot out of here so far.But now i have a problem that i cannot resolve with the answers i found so far.About my issue:I have this Pro 6 with 6 1TB drives in X-Raid (Raid 6)I also updated it to OS6 and i am on the latest beta1 right now...(not sure why they dont offer official upgrade to it, so much better and everything is functional)I dont have any snapshots enabled nor does the webpage show any snapshots in the shares view, but my Volume view says i am using 600+ gig od snapshots and my available space is also lowered by that amountNow i was cruising up and down the solutions about this issue and even tried the command below, but nothing helped.Is there a command or such that shows me where these snapshots live, so that i can get rid of them?Unfortunate i have to much data on the NAS to store anywere else in interim to just wipe the whole thing as mentioned in one of the solutionsAny ideas?Thx,...and i send logs when needed...just let me know what you need# touch /.force_snapshots_upgrade
# systemctl restart readynasd&nbsp;

StephenB · Answer

When did you convert to OS-6?&nbsp; Do you recall what firmware was running back then?
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Have you ever tried doing a balance?

Darkyputz · Answer

Hello...&nbsp;Thx for answering...The firmware was the latest 4.2.31 one.I did balance and scrubbing and the command i was reporting earlier...Tried to navigate through the nas with winscp to find hidden /.snapshot folders in my shares but so far no luckis there a linux command for searching those snapsot folders?

StephenB · Answer

Darkyputz&nbsp;wrote:
The firmware was the latest 4.2.31 one.
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Sorry - I meant the first OS 6 firmware version you installed.
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Darkyputz&nbsp;wrote:
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is there a linux command for searching those snapsot folders?

Yes.&nbsp;&nbsp;
# btrfs subvolume list -s /data
will show you all the snapshots in the data volume.&nbsp; If you are using FlexRaid, you'll need to replace /data with the volume name(s) you configured when you created the volume(s).

Darkyputz · Answer

Hello...and thx for the quick reply again...I did the command you posted and it showed a good amunt of snapshot folders that i am not able to see in winscpProb my lack of BTRFS knowledge pays into thatHow could i easiest get rid of them now?is there a proven wildcard rm command or do i have to delete one by one?Please advise

StephenB · Answer

Darkyputz&nbsp;wrote:
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is there a proven wildcard rm command or do i have to delete one by one?
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You can't use rm at all.&nbsp; These are BTRFS subvolumes, and not ordinary folders.&nbsp; rm will simply fail.
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You can remove them one at a time with&nbsp;
# btrfs subvolume delete&nbsp;-c /path
using the full pathname of each subvolume in the list instead of /path.&nbsp; The -c option stands for "commit-after".&nbsp; The command won't return until the subvolume is fully removed.&nbsp; It will go faster if you leave out the -c, but I suggest using it anyway.
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Make sure you are logging in as&nbsp;root&nbsp;(NOT admin).&nbsp; Use the admin password though.
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You could probably sort out a way to script this, but I won't attempt to do that here.
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