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Merlinweb
Jul 27, 2017Tutor
Manually delete snapshot of deletetd share
Hi everybody, i need to remove a lot of old snapshot related to a share deleted a lot of months ago. Can I delete snapshot folder without issues, using winSCP ? This is my situation, viewed b...
- Jul 28, 2017
I've Found a Solution, maybe...
After uncheck everything related to snapshot, I've started to manually deleted all snapshots unreferenced to a share, because share was previously deleted.
This is the command I'm using:
btrfs subvolume delete /data/._share/<DELETED_SHARE>/.snapshot/<Snapshot_name>
It's possible to use wildcard like * to delete multiple snapshots for example c*
Then, I've launched a SCRUB command, it's working VERY SLOWLY, but snapshot space is constantly decreasing, while free space is growing up, after 4 hours is less than 4%...
I think I will launch a BALANCE, finally, to complete cleaning & maintenance procedure
ReadyNAS is always accessible, but performance monitor show it's workin on disk
Cheers
Merlinweb
Merlinweb
Jul 27, 2017Tutor
Nothing done....
created Connbak_Share enabling snapshot
Deleted form web Gui
all snapshots still there in the same place....
I've tried to delete one little snapshot using winSCP to test, but i've not authorization
seems owner is guest[99] in properties
Strange...
Merlinweb
Jul 28, 2017Tutor
I've Found a Solution, maybe...
After uncheck everything related to snapshot, I've started to manually deleted all snapshots unreferenced to a share, because share was previously deleted.
This is the command I'm using:
btrfs subvolume delete /data/._share/<DELETED_SHARE>/.snapshot/<Snapshot_name>
It's possible to use wildcard like * to delete multiple snapshots for example c*
Then, I've launched a SCRUB command, it's working VERY SLOWLY, but snapshot space is constantly decreasing, while free space is growing up, after 4 hours is less than 4%...
I think I will launch a BALANCE, finally, to complete cleaning & maintenance procedure
ReadyNAS is always accessible, but performance monitor show it's workin on disk
Cheers
Merlinweb
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