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Re: deleting old snapshots

 
sbhat09
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Re: deleting old snapshots

Hi Ejener,

As I don't have visibility to the export status of the volumes you mentioned, can't comment with confirmation. You can validate the export status of the volume with your internal data or you can validate with the support engineer who is handling your support case. They can check logs and confirm you.

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sbhat09
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Re: deleting old snapshots

Hi Ejenner,

It depends on the auto-deletion, auto expiration policy set in the backup job. If the excessive older snapshots are not set to  auto deletion, accumulation of snapshots is expected behaviour.

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ejenner
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Re: deleting old snapshots

Not seen that setting before.  Is that a setting in Veeam? 

sbhat09
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Re: deleting old snapshots

Yes. Backup policy configuration is completely on the backup software (Veeam).

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ejenner
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Re: deleting old snapshots

Did you see my other question? 

After deleting snapshots through CLI I'm not seeing any differences in the numbers in the 3PAR Management Console.  It also isn't making any difference to the success of backups.  They're still failing with the same VSS error. 

Is something else required to commit the changes? 

ejenner
Advisor

Re: deleting old snapshots

looking more closely, concentrating on a particular snapshot. 

I found it in the CLI and the Management Console. 

Pressed 'y' to delete.  Refreshed the console by closing it and opening it. 

Snapshot still visible in the console?  How can that be? 

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sbhat09
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Re: deleting old snapshots

Hi Ejenner,

Please list the existing snapshots and VVs with the command 'showvv'. And identify the snapshot to delete.

Delete the snapshot with 'removevv' command. Ensure that it has been deleted successfully.

List the VVs and snapshots again with 'showvv' command. And check if the snapshot you deleted is not there in the list.

The management console may take sometime to refresh with realtime data. So, the removed snapshot still shows there.

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ejenner
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Re: deleting old snapshots

There is a way in the old 3PAR Management Console to 'remove' the snapshot so I've attempted that. 

When you select 'remove' you get the following screens.  Maybe this is why they're not deleting in CLI? 

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sbhat09
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Re: deleting old snapshots

Hello Ejenner,

Please validate Veeam backup configuration and ensure they are the snapshots to delete. Select and click on ok/yes to delete. Wait for sometime for the Management console GUI to update. Or you can check in CLI (to confirm that the snapshot is deleted) after sometime.

For better accuracy, I advise to use CLI:
1. List the snapshots
2. Delete the snapshots
3. List again to verify (compare with previous listing) that they are deleted.

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sbhat09
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Re: deleting old snapshots

Hello Ejenner,

Was that useful to you in removing excessive snapshots and make some free space? Please let me know if you need further assistance on this.

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