Dell PowerFlex 4.5.x CLI Reference Guide

When removing the source volume from the policy, you must choose how to handle the snapshots created by the policy (auto snapshots). Your selection depends on if there are locked auto snapshots.

• If the source volume has no auto snapshots, you don't need to use the --detach_auto_snapshots or --remove_auto_snapshots options.
• If the source volume has auto snapshots but none of them are locked, you can choose to detach all snapshots with the --detach_auto_snapshots flag. They become regular snapshots as if they were created manually. If you use the --remove_auto_snapshots, the snapshots are deleted.
• If the source volume has locked auto snapshots, you can use --detach_auto_snapshots to turn the auto snapshots into regular snapshots, as if they were created manually. If you use --remove_auto_snapshots, the auto snapshots that are not locked are removed, while the auto snapshots that are locked are detached.

Syntax

scli --remove_source_volume_from_snapshot_policy (--snapshot_policy_id <ID> | --snapshot_policy_name <NAME>) (--source_vol_id <ID> | --source_vol_name <NAME>) (--detach_auto_snapshots | (--remove_auto_snapshots [--detach_locked_auto_snapshots]))

Parameters

--snapshot_policy_id <ID>

Snapshot policy ID

--snapshot_policy_name <NAME>

Name of the snapshot policy

--source_vol_id <ID>

Source volume ID

--source_vol_name <NAME>

Source volume name

--detach_auto_snapshots

Detach all associated auto snapshots

--remove_auto_snapshots

Remove all associated auto snapshots

-- detach_locked_auto_snapshots

When the remove_policy_snapshots option is specified, any locked snapshots will not be removed, but rather detached.