Deleting an EVS Snapshot

Scenarios

If you no longer require certain snapshots or the snapshot quantity reaches the maximum allowed, you can delete the snapshots.

Prerequisites

• The snapshot status must be Available or Error.

Notes and Constraints

• If a snapshot is deleted, disks rolled back or created from this snapshot are not affected.

Snapshot function in OBT (view supported regions)

• If a snapshot's source disk is deleted, all snapshots of this disk are also deleted.
• If you reinstall or change the server OS, snapshots of the system disk are automatically deleted. Those of the data disks can be used as usual.
• A snapshot whose name starts with autobk_snapshot_vbs_, manualbk_snapshot_vbs_, autobk_snapshot_csbs_, or manualbk_snapshot_csbs_ is automatically generated during backup. You can only check details of such snapshots and cannot delete them.

Snapshot function in commercial use (view supported regions)

• Standard snapshots are not deleted even if their source disks are deleted.
• When you delete a disk whose standard snapshots have Instant Snapshot Restore enabled, the standard snapshots will be not deleted, but Instant Snapshot Restore will be disabled automatically.
• If you reinstall or change the server OS, standard snapshots will be not deleted, but Instant Snapshot Restore will be disabled automatically if it has been enabled for the standard snapshots of the system disk.

Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner and choose Storage > Elastic Volume Service.

   The disk list page is displayed.

3. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Elastic Volume Service > Snapshots.

   The Snapshots page is displayed.

4. In the snapshot list, locate the target snapshot and click Delete or Delete Snapshot in the Operation column.
5. In the displayed dialog box, confirm the information and click Yes.

   If the snapshot disappears from the snapshot list, the snapshot is deleted successfully.