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snapshot cannot be deleted on Linux client on CDOT

netappmagic
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-> pwd
/some/directory/.snapshot/hourly.2015-04-06_1205
-> rm file1
rm: remove write-protected regular file `file1'? y
rm: cannot remove `file1': Read-only file system

 

I can delete them from NetApp storage. 

 

Is there any way I can allow the user to delete their snapshots?

 

Thanks,

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aborzenkov
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No. Snapshots are read-only to clients.

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aborzenkov
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 I can delete them from NetApp storage. 

No, you can not. You can drop the whole snapshot, but there is no way to delete individual file from snapshot.

netappmagic
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Thanks a lot for your prompt response.

 

 

Understand that I cannot remove files under .snapshot on the client. 

So, can I then remove the entire snapshot "hourly.2015-04-06_1205" on the client?

aborzenkov
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No. Snapshots are read-only to clients.

Gregorian
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Remove the snapshot from the client.. Well.. Both no and yes.

 

No.. not nativly

 

Yes. Note! that the snapshot is for the entire volume on the Filer and not on the export.

SSH --> Filer and delete the snapshot on the volume.

Perl API --> Filer

Gregorian
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You know that the content of the snapshots are readonly right?

 

Do you really wan't the users to be able to delete the snapshots for the volume?

 

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