Deletes one or more FlashCopy® images for a specific fileset.
>>-rmimage--+--------+-- -fileset--fileset_name--+---------+----> +- -?----+ '- -quiet-' +- -h----+ '- -help-' .------------. V | >--+-----+--+---image_name-+-+--------------------------------->< '- -f-' '- - ------------'
You must have Backup, Operator, or Administrator privileges to use the command.
You must be logged in to the operating system on the engine hosting the master metadata server to run this command.
Unless you specify the –f parameter, you cannot delete a FlashCopy image if there is client activity on that image.
Depending on the age of the FlashCopy image and the amount of unique file data in the image tree, the delete operation might result in significant background activity to clean up the file-system objects that are no longer referenced.
You cannot use the rmimage command while the mvfile command is in progress on a file on the same fileset.
sfscli> rmimage -fileset cnt_A CA_image
Are you sure you want to delete FlashCopy image CA_image? [y/n] Y
FlashCopy CA_image for filset cnt_A successfully deleted.
Parent topic: Administrative commands
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Deleting a FlashCopy image
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