2.2 KiB
ZFS-PRUNE-SNAPSHOTS 1 "NOV 2018" "User Commands"
NAME
zfs-prune-snapshots - Remove snapshots from one or more zpools that match
given criteria
SYNOPSIS
zfs-prune-snapshots [OPTIONS] <time> [[DATASET1] ...]
DESCRIPTION
Remove snapshots from one or more zpools that match a criteria given over the command line.
OPTIONS
-h
print this message and exit
-n
dry-run, don't actually delete snapshots
-l
list only mode, just list matching snapshots names without deleting (like
dry-run mode with machine-parseable output)
-p <prefix>
snapshot prefix string to match
-s <suffix>
snapshot suffix string to match
-i
invert matching of prefix and suffix
-q
quiet, do not printout removed snapshots
-R
recursively delete, pass '-R' directly to 'zfs destroy'
-v
increase verbosity
-V
print the version number and exit
TIMESPEC
The first argument denotes how old a snapshot must be for it to be considered for deletion - possible specifiers are
s seconds
m minutes
h hours
d days
w weeks
M months
y years
EXAMPLES
zfs-prune-snapshots 1w
Remove snapshots older than a week across all zpools
zfs-prune-snapshots -vn 1w
Same as above, but with increased verbosity and without actually deleting any
snapshots (dry-run)
zfs-prune-snapshots 3w tank1 tank2/backup
Remove snapshots older than 3 weeks on tank1 and tank2/backup. Note that this
script will recurse through all of tank1 and all datasets below
tank2/backup
zfs-prune-snapshots -p 'autosnap_' 1M zones
Remove snapshots older than a month on the zones pool that start with the
string "autosnap_"
zfs-prune-snapshots -s '_frequent' 2M tank
Remove snapshots older than two months on the tank pool that end with the
string "_frequent"
zfs-prune-snapshots -i -p 'autosnap_' 1M zones
Remove snapshots older than a month on the zones pool that do not start
with the string "autosnap_"
BUGS
https://github.com/bahamas10/zfs-prune-snapshots
AUTHOR
Dave Eddy <bahamas10> <dave@daveeddy.com> (https://www.daveeddy.com)
SEE ALSO
zpool(1M), zfs(1M)
LICENSE
MIT License