IBM XIV Storage System Copy Services and Migration

After clicking Change Deletion Priority, select the desired deletion priority from the dialogwindow and accept the change by clicking OK. Figure 1-15 shows the four options that areavailable for setting the deletion priority. The lowest priority setting is 4, which causes thesnapshot to be deleted first. The highest priority setting is 1, and these snapshots are deletedlast. All snapshots have a default deletion priority of 1, if not specified on creation.Figure 1-15 Lowering the priority for a snapshotFigure 1-16 confirms that the duplicate snapshot has had its deletion priority lowered to 4. Asshown in the upper right panel, the delete priority is reporting a 4 for snapshotITSO_Volume.snapshot_00002.Figure 1-16 Confirming the modification to the deletion priorityTo change the deletion priority for the XCLI Session, specify the snapshot and new deletionpriority, as illustrated in Example 1-3.Example 1-3 Changing the deletion priority for a snapshotsnapshot_change_priority snapshot=ITSO_Volume.snapshot_00002 delete_priority=4Chapter 1. Snapshots 13