topic Re: Snap Shot Retention? in ONTAP Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Snap-Shot-Retention/m-p/7030#M1499 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It depends on whether you have snap autodelete on or off, and the policy you have set there, also will depend on the volume options try_first is set to.</P><P></P><P>I think the default is to autodelete at &gt;80% and it will delete scheduled snapshots first and then user created last.</P><P></P><P>You can either turn of snap autodelete and set it to volume autogrow.</P><P></P><P>If you just need a copy of the volume you could mount the snapshot and copy the data out that way.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:59:25 GMT mkopenski 2009-12-11T15:59:25Z Snap Shot Retention? https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Snap-Shot-Retention/m-p/7025#M1497 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have added a snapshot outside of the normal scheduled ones. Will this snapshot ever get deleted or purged by the system? I plan on moving the snapshot to tape one day when they decide to purchase a license! But this day may never come!</P><P></P><P>Thanks</P><P>Scott Lau</P><P></P><P>Data ONTAP 7.2.6.1P2</P><P>2X FAS6040</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:20:25 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Snap-Shot-Retention/m-p/7025#M1497 scott_lau 2025-06-05T07:20:25Z Re: Snap Shot Retention? https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Snap-Shot-Retention/m-p/7030#M1499 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It depends on whether you have snap autodelete on or off, and the policy you have set there, also will depend on the volume options try_first is set to.</P><P></P><P>I think the default is to autodelete at &gt;80% and it will delete scheduled snapshots first and then user created last.</P><P></P><P>You can either turn of snap autodelete and set it to volume autogrow.</P><P></P><P>If you just need a copy of the volume you could mount the snapshot and copy the data out that way.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:59:25 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Snap-Shot-Retention/m-p/7030#M1499 mkopenski 2009-12-11T15:59:25Z