Unscheduling SnapVault Snapshot copies

Why you unschedule Snapshot copies

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

How to unschedule Snapshot copies

To turn off the SnapVault schedule for a set of Snapshot copies 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 Snapshot copies to stop creating and without asking for confirmation. volume is the name of the volume to stop creating Snapshot copies 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 Snapshot copies in the volume. If no volume is provided, SnapVault unschedules all SnapVault Snapshot sets and does not update any more SnapVault Snapshot copies in the storage system. If there is already a Snapshot copy 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 Snapshot copies to stop creating and without asking for confirmation.

volume is the name of the volume to stop creating Snapshot copies 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 Snapshot copies in the volume. If no volume is provided, SnapVault unschedules all SnapVault Snapshot sets and does not update any more SnapVault Snapshot copies in the storage system. If there is already a Snapshot copy being created in the volume, the command fails.

Example

systemB> snapvault snap unsched vol1 sv_nightly

Result

SnapVault asks for confirmation. If you confirm the action, SnapVault unschedules all SnapVault Snapshot copies with the basename sv_nightly on vol1 of systemB.