Remove snapshots from one or more zpools that match given criteria
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
The first argument denotes how old a snapshot must be for it to be considered for deletion - possible specifiers are
ssecondsmminuteshhoursddayswweeksMmonthsyyears
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
-v increase verbosity
MIT License