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

How to release SnapVault relationships

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

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

Example

systemB> snapvault release /vol/sv_vol/qtree3 
systemA:/vol/vol1/qtree3