EC2 EBS snapshot deletion one-liner

admin — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:49:56 +0000

Adjust egrep as necessary:

ec2-describe-snapshots | egrep '2009-0[89]' | awk '{print $2}' | xargs -L 1 ec2-delete-snapshot

ONTAP autodelete settings for a FlexVol

admin — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:05:10 +0000

Example session configuring autodelete settings for /vol/vol3 on filer “toaster”:

 toaster> snap autodelete vol3 show
 snapshot autodelete settings for vol3:
 state                           : off
 commitment                      : try
 trigger                         : volume
 target_free_space               : 20%
 delete_order                    : oldest_first
 defer_delete                    : user_created
 prefix                          : (not specified)

 toaster> snap autodelete vol3 on
 snap autodelete: snap autodelete enabled

 toaster> snap autodelete vol3 target_free_space 10
 snap autodelete: snap autodelete configuration options set

 toaster> snap autodelete vol3 defer_delete none
 snap autodelete: snap autodelete configuration options set

 toaster> snap autodelete vol3 show
 snapshot autodelete settings for vol3:
 state                           : on
 commitment                      : try
 trigger                         : volume
 target_free_space               : 10%
 delete_order                    : oldest_first
 defer_delete                    : none
 prefix                          : (not specified)

To configure snapshot deletion to happen before volume growth, use the try_first option:

 toaster> vol options vol3 try_first snap_delete

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EC2 EBS snapshot deletion one-liner

ONTAP autodelete settings for a FlexVol