topic Re: snapshot schedule in ONTAP Discussions

snapshot schedule

Sairajeevmic — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 09:43:04 GMT

cfs::*> snapshot policy create -vserver <> -policy <> -enabled true -schedule1 hourly -count1 4@1 9 13 17 -schedule2 daily -count2 1

Error: "4@1" is an invalid value for field "-count1 <0..1023>"

user need 4 hourly snapshots at below intervals

TMACMD — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 18:45:26 GMT

job schedule cron create -name mycron -hour 1,9,13,17 -minute 0

snapshot policy create -vserver xyz -policy my_snap_pol -enabled true -schedule1 mycron -count1 4

Sairajeevmic — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 10:34:34 GMT

Thanks @TMACMD - cron job worked