The snap delete command

The snap delete command deletes an existing Snapshot copy.

Note: You must make sure that the LUN whose Snapshot copy you are deleting is not being monitored with the Windows Performance Monitor (perfmon)

Syntax for this command is:

sdcli snap delete [-m MachineName] -D MountPointList [. . .] -s SnapshotName

Example

sdcli snap delete -D k -s Jun_14_09

The preceding example deletes the Snapshot copy named Jun_14_09 that is associated with the LUN mapped to K: on the local host.

sdcli snap delete -d \\?\Volume{239889f5-3a36-4993-b957-0a85f56cab45}\ -s csvLun11_051109_new

The preceding example deletes the Snapshot copy named csvLun11_051109_new from the CSV volume \\?\Volume{239889f5-3a36-4993-b957-0a85f56cab45}\.