3.9.3.3 Remove a Volume Snapshot

A volume snapshot is a logical read-only point-in-time copy of a volume.

Removing a volume snapshot irreversibly deletes it. Exascale provides no means to recover a deleted volume snapshot.

You cannot remove a volume snapshot with current attachments. You must remove all attachments to the volume snapshot before the snapshot can be removed.

To remove an existing volume snapshot, use the ESCLI rmvolumesnapshot command and specify the identifier for the volume snapshot that is being removed. For example:

@> rmvolumesnapshot 2.1:3c0e9866d66345afbb316472f0bce825

You can use the lsvolumesnapshot command to find the identifier for each volume snapshot.