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xcom923
Aspirant
Nov 23, 2015
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"Fun" with snapshots not deleting

Hey everone I'm clearly new and I've been trying to not post unless I really need help. Here is my situation. I am moving from a 4 bay NAS to a 6 bay 316 (really love it so far...if I could only get ...
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    xcom923
    Nov 24, 2015

    I ended up scrubbing (I couldn't balance and scrub at the same time) it errored while doing it but by the time I saw that the space had returned. I guess ultimately it was a waiting game. I guess snapshots have a set expiration

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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Nov 23, 2015

You delete snapshots from the admin web ui.  Select the share there, then recover.  Select one or more snapshots (identified as dates), right-click and you will see a delete choice.

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    xcom923
    Aspirant
    Nov 23, 2015

    normally, yes. But I deleted the entire share and now I no longer have that option

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      StephenB
      Guru - Experienced User
      Nov 23, 2015

      Perhaps a balance will solve it.

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