https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/snapshot/m-p/455840#M11921 <P>hello<BR />I have modified the snapshot policy and set the snapshot to be saved every 14 days. Will the system automatically delete snapshots older than 14 days?</P> Wed, 16 Oct 2024 15:41:25 GMT weiliu 2024-10-16T15:41:25Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/snapshot/m-p/455840#M11921 <P>hello<BR />I have modified the snapshot policy and set the snapshot to be saved every 14 days. Will the system automatically delete snapshots older than 14 days?</P> Wed, 16 Oct 2024 15:41:25 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/snapshot/m-p/455840#M11921 weiliu 2024-10-16T15:41:25Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/snapshot/m-p/455914#M11924 <P>I'm not sure I completely understand this query</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><A href="https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap/data-protection/create-snapshot-policy-task.html" target="_blank">https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap/data-protection/create-snapshot-policy-task.html</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Generally within the snapshot policy you define&nbsp;<SPAN>when to create Snapshot copies, how many copies to retain, and how to name them</SPAN></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><SPAN>Let's say you applied daily schedule to create snapshots at 1 am and defined -count as 14</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>then snapshots will be created every day at 1 am</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>when they reach an amount of 14, the next snapshot creation -&gt; the oldest snapshot will be deleted as per policy configuration it retains only 14<BR /><BR /></SPAN><SPAN>hopefully that answers your question&nbsp;</SPAN></P> Fri, 18 Oct 2024 15:39:53 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/snapshot/m-p/455914#M11924 Sergey_Osipov 2024-10-18T15:39:53Z