topic Re: snap creator not deleting snapshots in Data Protection

snap creator not deleting snapshots

RAKESHMOLE2 — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:10:04 GMT

Hi ,

I have a daily snaphost schedule with a retention of 10 days with spanshot creator 3.6 p1 , however i have noticed that it never deleted the old snaphots ,

Here is the screenshot of my retention policy

Re: snap creator not deleting snapshots

sivar — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:56:30 GMT

Could you please attach your config file here or send me an email to sivar at netapp.com

Re: snap creator not deleting snapshots

RAKESHMOLE2 — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:34:36 GMT

Hi Siva,

I have emailed you the conf file

Re: snap creator not deleting snapshots

gautcher — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:07:40 GMT

Is it possible for you to attach the debug log? To me, the config file looks fine. We would need to see what the debug log has to say about the attempt to delete the snapshot. Are any of the snapshots backing a clone or something like that?