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Parameter Description
snapImageID The snapImageID parameter accepts only the
OLDEST option. This parameter deletes the earliest
snapshot image created.
Notes
You can delete the oldest snapshot image from a snapshot group repository virtual disk. The definition of
a snapshot image that you delete is removed from the system. The space occupied by the snapshot
image that you delete from the snapshot group repository virtual disk is released and made available for
reuse within the snapshot group.
Any snapshot virtual disks that exist for a snapshot image transition to the Stopped state when the
snapshot image is deleted.
This command will not run when the RAID controller module is in Lockdown mode.
Delete Snapshot (Legacy) Virtual Disk
Description
This command deletes one or more snapshot (legacy) virtual disks or snapshot (legacy) repository virtual
disks. You can also use this command to remove schedules for creating snapshots (legacy).
CAUTION: Possible damage to the storage array configuration – All of the data in the virtual disk
is lost as soon as you run this command.
Syntax
delete (virtualDisk [virtualDiskName] |
virtualDisks [virtualDiskName1 ... virtualDiskNameN])
[schedule]
Parameters
Parameter Description
virtualDisk or virtualDisks The name of the snapshot (legacy) virtual disk that
you want to delete. You can enter more than one
snapshot (legacy) virtual disk name. Enclose the
snapshot (legacy) virtual disk name in square
brackets ([ ]). If the snapshot (legacy) virtual disk
name has special characters, you also must
enclose the snapshot (legacy) virtual disk name in
double quotation marks (" ").
schedule This parameter deletes the schedule for a specific
snapshot (legacy) virtual disk. Only the schedule is
deleted, the snapshot (legacy) virtual disk remains.
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