<font size=2 face="sans-serif">Snapshots created by AFM (recovery, resync
or peer snapshots) cannot be deleted by user using mmdelsnapshot command
directly. After recovery or resync completion they get deleted automatically.
For peer snapshots deletion mmpsnasp command is used. Which
version of GPFS? Try with -p (undocumented) option.</font><br><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">mmdelsnapshot device snapname -j fset
-p</font><br><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">~Venkat (vpuvvada@in.ibm.com)</font><br><br><br><br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">From:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">"Malka, Janusz"
<janusz.malka@desy.de></font><br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">To:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">gpfsug main discussion
list <gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org></font><br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">Date:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">09/08/2017 12:53 AM</font><br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">Subject:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Re: [gpfsug-discuss]
Deletion of a pcache snapshot?</font><br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">Sent by:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org</font><br><hr noshade><br><br><br><font size=3 face="Arial">I had similar issue, I had to recover connection
to home </font><br><br><hr><br><font size=3 face="Arial"><b>From: </b>"John Hearns" <john.hearns@asml.com><b><br>To: </b>"gpfsug main discussion list" <gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org><b><br>Sent: </b>Thursday, 7 September, 2017 17:52:19<b><br>Subject: </b>[gpfsug-discuss] Deletion of a pcache snapshot?</font><br><br><font size=2 face="Calibri">Firmly lining myself up for a smack round
the chops with a wet haddock…</font><br><font size=2 face="Calibri">I try to delete an AFM cache fileset which
I create da few days ago (it has an NFS home)</font><br><font size=2 face="Calibri">Mmdelfileset responds that :</font><br><font size=2 face="Calibri">Fileset obfuscated has 1 fileset
snapshot(s).</font><br><font size=2 face="Calibri"> </font><br><font size=2 face="Calibri">When I try to delete the snapshot:</font><br><font size=2 face="Calibri">Snapshot obfuscated.afm.1234 is an internal
pcache recovery snapshot and cannot be deleted by user.</font><br><font size=2 face="Calibri"> </font><br><font size=2 face="Calibri">I find this reference, which is about as
useful as a wet haddock:</font><br><a href="https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/STXKQY_4.2.3/com.ibm.spectrum.scale.v4r23.doc/6027-3321.htm" target=_blank><font size=2 color=blue face="Calibri"><u>https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/STXKQY_4.2.3/com.ibm.spectrum.scale.v4r23.doc/6027-3321.htm</u></font></a><br><font size=2 face="Calibri"> </font><br><font size=2 face="Calibri">The advice of the gallery is sought, please.</font><br><font size=2 face="Calibri"> </font><br><font size=2 face="Calibri"> </font><br><font size=2 face="Calibri"> </font><p><font size=3 face="Arial">-- The information contained in this communication
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