Unable to Delete APS Directories - My Goof!!!

[Philbert]

New Kid on the Block...Tried to create a Apple Time Machine Directory Service and didn't follow procedure correctly...Need to delete Time Machine Folders from my NAS 11 but unable to perform tack through the Standard GUI...I know that its going to take a Command Line state / statements to accomplish this feat - so help would be very much appreciated...Listed below is the path:

SMB://Freenas_SMB_tcp.local/Data_Share/Timemachine/Timemachine

Need to 'Nuke' the two different Time Machine Directories...


Thanks,

 

[SweetAndLow]

1) delete the dataset in the freenas gui
2) delete the folder of smb
3) ssh into the box and delete it on the cli


All 3 of these options should work. What happens when you try to delete it over smb like you have shown above?

 

[Bostjan]

1) delete the dataset in the freenas gui
2) delete the folder of smb
3) ssh into the box and delete it on the cli


All 3 of these options should work. What happens when you try to delete it over smb like you have shown above?

Is the dataset totaly empty? Can he delete it?


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[SweetAndLow]

Is the dataset totaly empty? Can he delete it?


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I'm not sure. He hasn't said yet. But it would accomplish their goal.

 

[Philbert]

I have no clue they didn't tell us. But it would accomplish their goal.

Hey Guys,

Thanks for the response to my 'issue'...The Dataset is empty - the the GUI only shows the 'Data_Share' Dataset - a Windows type ... The Folder / Folders cannot be deleted & thats the reason for my post...I could pull my Data off this Dataset and start from 'Ground Zero' again but thats tooooooo Drastic!!! Looks like I need to go into the Console and enter some kind of Command Line Syntax ...Does anyone know what that Syntax is???

Thanks

 

[SweetAndLow]

Hey Guys,

Thanks for the response to my 'issue'...The Dataset is empty - the the GUI only shows the 'Data_Share' Dataset - a Windows type ... The Folder / Folders cannot be deleted & thats the reason for my post...I could pull my Data off this Dataset and start from 'Ground Zero' again but thats tooooooo Drastic!!! Looks like I need to go into the Console and enter some kind of Command Line Syntax ...Does anyone know what that Syntax is???

Thanks

Why can't you delete the data over smb or however you put it there?

 

[Philbert]

That’s the issue - I do not know how to accomplish this task - not being a ‘smarty’ just need instructions on how to accomplish this task...

Thanks

 

[SweetAndLow]

I'm still confused but I think you are asking how to make a smb mount?

What os are you using for the client? In windows, you want to map a network drive, in osx you want to "connect to server". That's the quick answer, anything more and I would have to look it up.

 

[Philbert]

Can I go into the Console and enter a command / instruction to delete these folders that are inside this Windows Dataset... I have turned off APS and rebooted the NAS but folders remain... The dataset was originally created inside the Data_Share which is a Windows dataset... I know it’s my ‘goof’ and now I’m just trying to undue the mess... It all started when I installed High Sierra and could not do a a Timemachine backup to the NAS... I had the NAS configured for Timemachine and was working when using Sierra... When I upgraded to High Sierra and I couldn’t do TM Backups to the NAS, I deleted that dataset and tried to create another Timemachine dataset... That was a week ago and still trying to recover from my ‘goof’!!!

Thanks

 

[SweetAndLow]

Here is a command you can try.

rm -rf /mnt/<poolname>/Data_Share/*

This will remove everything in data_share. Good luck I hope that command doesn't do something you don't want. I still think you should just delete it over smb if you can find a way to do that.

 

[Philbert]

Thanks for the Command Line Instruction- I don’t want to delete the complete dataset - just the Timemachine and subfolder Timemachine... So should I specify the name at the end of this command string instead of *???

Thanks

 

[danb35]

Please wait! Explain what you did. Explain what you think is wrong. Explain what you want to do. In detail. Maybe even screenshots.

 

[SweetAndLow]

Thanks for the Command Line Instruction- I don’t want to delete the complete dataset - just the Timemachine and subfolder Timemachine... So should I specify the name at the end of this command string instead of *???

Thanks

That won't delete the share_data date only the time machine stuff inside it.