topic Re: Large initial snapmirror snapshot - does it ever get deleted? in ONTAP Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Large-initial-snapmirror-snapshot-does-it-ever-get-deleted/m-p/19352#M4534 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks aborzenkov!&nbsp; I will mark your answer as correct once this transfer has completed and the snapshot is removed.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 01 Aug 2014 13:38:10 GMT cthomas488 2014-08-01T13:38:10Z Large initial snapmirror snapshot - does it ever get deleted? https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Large-initial-snapmirror-snapshot-does-it-ever-get-deleted/m-p/19338#M4530 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hey Everyone,</P><P></P><P>Quick overview of my situation:</P><P></P><P>I started a snapmirror a couple weeks ago to a remote site.&nbsp; The initial size of the volume was about 15TB.&nbsp; I have since adjusted the data on the volume and pruned it down to about 7TB. </P><P></P><P>So my question is:&nbsp; Am I going to be stuck with this 15TB initial snapshot on my source volume, or will it be automatically deleted after the second snapmirror (which is running now) completes?</P><P></P><P>Thanks!</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:31:29 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Large-initial-snapmirror-snapshot-does-it-ever-get-deleted/m-p/19338#M4530 cthomas488 2025-06-05T05:31:29Z Re: Large initial snapmirror snapshot - does it ever get deleted? https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Large-initial-snapmirror-snapshot-does-it-ever-get-deleted/m-p/19343#M4532 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It will be deleted after second transfer completes.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 01 Aug 2014 12:44:29 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Large-initial-snapmirror-snapshot-does-it-ever-get-deleted/m-p/19343#M4532 aborzenkov 2014-08-01T12:44:29Z Re: Large initial snapmirror snapshot - does it ever get deleted? https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Large-initial-snapmirror-snapshot-does-it-ever-get-deleted/m-p/19352#M4534 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks aborzenkov!&nbsp; I will mark your answer as correct once this transfer has completed and the snapshot is removed.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 01 Aug 2014 13:38:10 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Large-initial-snapmirror-snapshot-does-it-ever-get-deleted/m-p/19352#M4534 cthomas488 2014-08-01T13:38:10Z