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cwsyeh
Sep 09, 2019Aspirant
Deleting Redundant Time Machine Backup
I noticed that my NAS was low on space, but the numbers didn't add up, so I checked the file structure and notice there is approximately 1TB of timemachine backup that was for a machine that is no lo...
- Sep 10, 2019
cwsyeh wrote:
Log in as root using the NAS admin password.
This worked for me, now I can see the list, but how delete the folder? I assume rm will not work?
# btrfs subvolume delete -c /path
using the fully qualified folder name (/data/... )
The -c tells btrfs to wait for the deletion to complete. You can omit that if you want.
StephenB
Sep 09, 2019Guru - Experienced User
Normally you log into ssh using root, not admin.
I don't use time machine, but I suspect the folder is actually a btrfs subvolume - if so, rm won't delete it. Try running
# btrfs subvolume list /data
from ssh, and see if it is in the subvolume list. data is the default OS-6 volume name, if you are using flexraid you'll need to substitute your actual volume name.
- cwsyehSep 09, 2019Aspirant
This doesn't actually work on my terminal....says command not found...?
btrfs subvolume list /data
- StephenBSep 09, 2019Guru - Experienced User
cwsyeh wrote:
This doesn't actually work on my terminal....says command not found...?
btrfs subvolume list /data
You run this from ssh on the NAS - is that what you did?
- cwsyehSep 09, 2019Aspirant
Yeah, I ran ssh admin@192.168.1.XX to log on first and then tried the command, it says command not found...?
StephenB wrote:
cwsyeh wrote:This doesn't actually work on my terminal....says command not found...?
btrfs subvolume list /data
You run this from ssh on the NAS - is that what you did?
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