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Powershell command for adding existing snapshot policy to a volume -

NwkThd_04 — Sun, 27 Jun 2021 06:38:04 GMT

Hello Team,

Anyone please help me to find the command for adding existing snapshot policy to a volume

I have tried with " get-ncvol volume name -Vserver vserver name | Set-NcSnapshotPolicy policy name" but failed

Also I was trying update-ncvol as well , but could not find snapshotpolicy name option there.

it looks like I am not using the current context?

I am using powershell tool kit 9.8.xx

Thanking you in advance.

Regards,

Shyju.

Re: Powershell command for adding existing snapshot policy to a volume -

ajeffrey — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 14:56:03 GMT

Hi There

I was able to get this to work but only after creating a snapshot policy with a scope of the particular Storage VM

PS C:\Users\Administrator> Get-NcVol -Vserver FP-Test | Set-NcSnapshotPolicy -Name test

Policy Enabled SnapshotPolicySchedules
------ ------- -----------------------
test True {hourly (0), daily (0), weekly (1)}
test True {hourly (0), daily (0), weekly (1)}
test True {hourly (0), daily (0), weekly (1)}
test True {hourly (0), daily (0), weekly (1)}
test True {hourly (0), daily (0), weekly (1)}
test True {hourly (0), daily (0), weekly (1)}
test True {hourly (0), daily (0), weekly (1)}
test True {hourly (0), daily (0), weekly (1)}
test True {hourly (0), daily (0), weekly (1)}
test True {hourly (0), daily (0), weekly (1)}
test True {hourly (0), daily (0), weekly (1)}

Re: Powershell command for adding existing snapshot policy to a volume -

rafael-miranda — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 21:57:13 GMT

Hello. I don't mean to necropost, but since I had the same need and didn't find a comprehensive answer, here's an example that worked using "Update-NcVol" with version 9.15.1.2410 of the NetApp.ONTAP module.

# The $querytemplate variable will be used to specify which volumes should be modified. The example specifies a specific vserver and a simple regex to match 3 volume names. You can change this to suit your environment.
$querytemplate = Get-NcVol -Template
$querytemplate.Vserver = "vserver-name"
$querytemplate.Name = "vol1|vol2|vol3"

# The $attrib variable will specify the snapshot policy to be set on the volumes that match the criteria defined in the $querytemplate variable.
$attrib = Get-NcVol -Template
Initialize-NcObjectProperty -Object $attrib -Name VolumeSnapshotAttributes
$attrib.VolumeSnapshotAttributes.SnapshotPolicy = "snap_policy"

# This will effectively change the snapshot policy on the volumes. The '-ONTAPI' parameter is used so that ZAPI is used instead of the REST API, which is the default in this version of the module.
Update-NcVol -Query $querytemplate -Attributes $attrib -ONTAPI