Unscheduling SnapVault snapshots

Why to unschedule snapshots

You might want to unschedule a set of SnapVault snapshots if the data in the qtrees you are backing up has been migrated to another location or is no longer useful.

Note
The descriptions and procedures in this section pertain to SnapVault backup of NetApp filers only. For descriptions and procedures pertaining to SnapVault backup of Open Systems drives and directories, see Setting up SnapVault backup on Open Systems platforms and Managing SnapVault backup of Open Systems platforms.

How to unschedule snapshots

To turn off the SnapVault schedule for a set of snapshots and stop the snapshot process for the SnapVault primary storage system or secondary storage system, complete the following step.

Step	Action
1	From the primary or secondary storage system, enter the following command: *snapvault snap unsched [-f] [volume* [snap_name]]** `-f` forces the command to run without showing the list of snapshots to stop creating and without asking for confirmation. volume is the name of the volume to stop creating snapshots on. snap_name is the basename of the snapshot set to stop creating. If no snap_name is provided, SnapVault turns off the SnapVault snapshot schedule for all snapshot sets in the volume and does not update any more SnapVault snapshots in the volume. If no volume is provided, SnapVault unschedules all SnapVault snapshot sets for the filer and does not update any more SnapVault snapshots in the filer. If there is already a snapshot being created in the volume, the command fails.

Step

Action

From the primary or secondary storage system, enter the following command:

snapvault snap unsched [-f] [volume [snap_name]]

-f forces the command to run without showing the list of snapshots to stop creating and without asking for confirmation.

volume is the name of the volume to stop creating snapshots on.

snap_name is the basename of the snapshot set to stop creating.

If no snap_name is provided, SnapVault turns off the SnapVault snapshot schedule for all snapshot sets in the volume and does not update any more SnapVault snapshots in the volume. If no volume is provided, SnapVault unschedules all SnapVault snapshot sets for the filer and does not update any more SnapVault snapshots in the filer. If there is already a snapshot being created in the volume, the command fails.

Example

filerB> snapvault snap unsched vol1 sv_nightly

Result

SnapVault asks for confirmation. If you confirm the action, SnapVault unschedules all SnapVault snapshots with the basename sv_nightly on vol1 of filerB.