[Dirvish] Expiry problems

Dave Howorth dhoworth at mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Tue Nov 11 10:28:41 UTC 2008


Fionn Behrens wrote:
> And are there any simple means to "manually" remove unwanted backup
> steps before they are due to expire without compromising the integrity
> of the whole vault?

rm -r <image> :)

There's no problem with just deleting any image that you don't want.

Remember that it's using hard links so you may not recover as much
storage space as you hope - check your sums first. Disk is typically
cheap when compared against potential business loss costs

Cheers, Dave


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