topic Re: snapshot schedule creation in ONTAP Discussions

snapshot schedule creation

ol15 — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 21:36:47 GMT

hello all,

i'm on netapp 7-mode 8.0

i would like to schedule a snapshot of a volume all days at 1:00 which is name prefix is like sql on a filer7-mode

i see command like:

"snap sched" or "snap create" but not enough options.

thanks for your help

JGPSHNTAP — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 18:01:13 GMT

First, if you are on 8.0, I would recommend an upgrade to 8.2.x for 7-mode.

If you require custom snapshot naming you have to use an outside process, ssh script, powershell etc...

There is no way to do this at the CLI

ol15 — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 18:14:18 GMT

hello

thank you for your reply, i'm on 8.2 P7

unbelievable, no way to schedule a snapshot with a specifique suffixe name.

just to sched a snap all day at 01:00 AM

is it good sentence ?

snap sched 0 0 6@1

thank you in advance

JGPSHNTAP — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 18:25:28 GMT

that schedule wil save 6 snaps @ 1am

hourly.0

blah

ol15 — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 06:05:15 GMT

thanks a lot for your reply

regards