Delete snapshots via bash and ssh

BobMoore — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 19:39:02 GMT

I am trying to delete close to a hundred snapshots left over from a migration using SVM-DR.

I have built a file called snaplist that contains:
vserver volume snapshot

Then i run a while loop to go through the file:

while read vserv vol snap

do
ssh -n admin@cluster "set adv -c off ; volume snapshot delete -vserver $vserv -volume $vol -snapshot $snap -force true"; sleep 3; done < snaplist

I get this error when io try to run it:

" is an invalid value for field "-foreground <true|false>"
Valid choices in this command's context: true, false
" for parameter "-foreground". A future release may
require "-foreground" to be specified before the value.

I can't seem to figure where that's coming from! I'm sure it's something stupid I'm missing!

Any help would be appreciated!

Re: Delete snapshots via bash and ssh

Sanaman — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 04:11:44 GMT

I think your bash is not interpreting the variables correctly. I would use awk like this;

Re: Delete snapshots via bash and ssh

liu — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 08:18:22 GMT

Hello. This is what I do regarding the virtual environment. How much can I execute this command in your version?

look this volume snapshot delete (netapp.com)

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