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    Question about Deleting Boot environments

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    bootzfssnapshotsdowngrade23.09
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    • JonathanLeeJ
      JonathanLee
      last edited by JonathanLee

      Hello fellow Netgate Community members can you please help?

      Should users try not to delete any boot environments? Do they act like Hypervisor snapshots and require the other snapshots to work?

      Screenshot 2023-11-27 at 3.22.38 PM.png

      I want to delete 23.09 it has major Snort package issues

      Make sure to upvote

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      • Bob.DigB
        Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @JonathanLee
        last edited by

        @JonathanLee Yes you can even remove everything other than your actual one.

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          It won't prevent other snaps booting by removing some of them.

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          • JonathanLeeJ
            JonathanLee
            last edited by

            What if one was to default a boot environment would the rest still be accessible or would they no longer show in the GUI?

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              No defaulting the config in one BE should have no effect on other BEs.

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              • JonathanLeeJ
                JonathanLee @stephenw10
                last edited by

                @stephenw10 now I can do all sorts of tests yeahhhh

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  Just remember (ask me how I know!) that unlike a VM snapshot once you default or otherwise break a BE you cannot roll it back. You can only switch to a different BE.
                  So if you want to have that point remain available be sure to create a new BE snap each time before you run tests etc.

                  Steve

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