Snapshot Policies window

You can use the Snapshot Policies window to manage Snapshot policy tasks, such as adding, editing, and deleting Snapshot policies.

Command buttons

Create

Opens the Create Snapshot Policy dialog box, which enables you to add backup schedules and specify the maximum number of Snapshot copies to be retained in a policy.

Edit

Opens the Edit Snapshot Policy dialog box, which enables you to modify the frequency at which Snapshot copies should be created and the maximum number of Snapshot copies to be retained.

Delete

Opens the Delete dialog box, which enables you to delete the selected Snapshot policy.

View as

Enables you to view the Snapshot policies either as a list or as a tree.

Status

Opens the menu, which you can use to either enable or disable the selected Snapshot policy.

Refresh

Updates the information in the window.

Snapshot policy list

Policy/Schedule Name

Specifies the name of the Snapshot policy and the schedules in the policy.

Status

Specifies the status of the Snapshot policy, which can be Enabled or Disabled.

Maximum Snapshots to be retained

Specifies the maximum number of Snapshot copies to be retained.

SnapMirror Label

Specifies the name of the SnapMirror label attribute of the Snapshot copy generated by the backup schedule.

This column is applicable only for storage systems running clustered Data ONTAP 8.2 or later.