Releasing SnapVault relationships

Why to release SnapVault relationships

You release a SnapVault relationship between a primary qtree and its secondary qtree backup (originally defined through the snapvault start command) after the relationship is no longer needed, for example:

On a primary storage system as a part of shutting down a SnapVault relationship after a snapvault stop command was completed on the secondary storage system
On the secondary storage system after data is restored to a primary storage system and you do not want to reactivate the backup relationship between the primary and secondary qtrees
Note
The descriptions and procedures in this section pertain to SnapVault backup of NetApp filers only. For descriptions and procedures pertaining to SnapVault backup of Open Systems drives and directories, see Setting up SnapVault backup on Open Systems platforms and Managing SnapVault backup of Open Systems platforms.

How to release SnapVault relationships

To release snapshots and free the space they used, complete the following step.

Step	Action
1	Enter one of the following commands. On a primary storage system filer console, enter: snapvault release prim_qtree_path sec_filer:sec_qtree_path On the secondary storage system filer console, enter: snapvault release sec_qtree_path prim_filer:prim_qtree_path

Example

filerB> snapvault release /vol/sv_vol/qtree3 
filerA:/vol/vol1/qtree3