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Snapvault could not delete

dirkslechten — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:47:57 GMT

Hello,

I have one snapvault relation ship that I can not remove.

IBM6040N2> snapvault stop -f IBM6040N2:/vol/BOOTIVM/qt_BOOTIVM

Could not delete qtree: destination is not in snapvaulted state

The lag is like 5000 hours...

IBM6040N2:/vol/BOOTIVM/qt_BOOTIVM IBM6040N1:/vol/SV_BOOTIVM/qt_BOOTIVM_IBM6040N2 Source 4916:47:28 Idle

Does anyone has an idee how to remove this?

Snapvault could not delete

andrc — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 22:46:12 GMT

You need to run `snapvault stop` on the secondary filer and when complete you run `snapvault release` on the primary:

IBM6040N1> snapvault stop -f IBM6040N2:/vol/BOOTIVM/qt_BOOTIVM

IBM6040N2> snapvault release /vol/BOOTIVM/qt_BOOTIVM IBM6040N1:/vol/SV_BOOTIVM/qt_BOOTIVM_IBM6040N2

Re: Snapvault could not delete

RANJBASSI — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 14:59:50 GMT

I have a few questions on deletion of SnapVault relationships.

If I no longer require snapvault relationships and delete these of the source and destination filer.

I have noticed that when I go to the CIFS share I can still see the snapvault snapshots when going to ~snapshots but the snapvault relationship is deleted.

Do I need to delete these manually or they automatically clean themselves up?

Is anyone able to provide details on process of deleting a Snapvault from source and filer?

Many Thanks