Destroying a Snapshot (BUI)

Use the following procedure to destroy a snapshot.

Before You Begin

To complete this procedure, you must have Super-User privileges or one of the following role authorizations within the projects and shares scope:
- destroySnap - Allows destroying snapshots.
- destroy - Allows destroying projects and shares, including snapshot names.
To add authorizations to a role, see Editing Authorizations for a Role (BUI).
Before a manual snapshot with a retention hold can be destroyed, the hold type must be off. To modify a manual snapshot from unlocked to off, see Editing a Snapshot Retention Policy (BUI).

To use the snapshot retention hold feature, apply deferred update "Support for Snapshot Retention." For information about deferred updates, see Deferred Updates in Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Customer Service Manual, Release OS8.8.x.

Go to the snapshot.
- For a snapshot of a filesystem or LUN: From the Shares menu, select Shares, then Filesystems or LUNs, depending on whether the snapshot you want to destroy is of a filesystem or a LUN.
- For a snapshot of a project: From the Shares menu, select Projects. Destroying a project snapshot also destroys its shares.
Hover over the appropriate share, and click the edit icon .
Click the Snapshots tab.
Hover over the snapshot you want to destroy, and click the destroy icon .

A confirmation dialog box appears.

If clones have been made of this snapshot, you are prompted with a list of the clones that will be affected. Destroying a snapshot also destroys any clones of that snapshot and descendants of those clones.

If the snapshot or its children are actively changing, an error message indicates that the snapshot cannot be destroyed. Also, if a schedule contains locked automatic snapshots, the snapshot cannot be destroyed until the retention holds expire. If an automatic snapshot schedule has a retention hold but no snapshots have been generated, the snapshot can be destroyed.
Click OK to confirm.