ZFS Prune Snapshots

Remove snapshots from one or more zpools that match given criteria

Examples

Remove snapshots older than a week across all zpools

zfs-prune-snapshots 1w

Same as above, but with increased verbosity and without actually deleting any snapshots (dry-run)

zfs-prune-snapshots -vn 1w

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 3w tank1 tank2/backup

Remove snapshots older than a month on the zones pool that start with the string "autosnap_"

zfs-prune-snapshots -p 'autosnap_' 1M zones

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

Usage

usage: zfs-prune-snapshots [-hnv] [-p <prefix] <time> [[dataset1] ...]

remove snapshots from one or more zpools that match given criteria

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_"

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

options
    -h             print this message and exit
    -n             dry-run, don't actually delete snapshots
    -p <prefix>    snapshot prefix string to match
    -q             quiet, do not printout removed snapshots
    -v             increase verbosity
    -V             print the version number and exit

License

MIT License