topic Re: how can we change snapshot policy on an existing volume in Active IQ Unified Manager Discussions

how can we change snapshot policy on an existing volume

stephen2 — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:24:54 GMT

Anyone know how to do this? I don't see a -snapshotpolicy field in update-ncvol

I tried using a template, but the object returned does not have an volumesnapshotattributes object.

I also tried $cmd2 = "volume modify -vserver $svm -volume $volname -snapshot-policy none -confirm $false"
invoke-ncssh $cmd2

I need to change snapshot policies on a volume, but I can't figure this one out

Mr_Flibble — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 20:09:57 GMT

Hello Stephen,

I'm pretty sure I saw something written by Steven Beam somewhere which I used, but can't remember where.

Anyway, this is an extract of one of my WFA commands which should indicate how it works:

$VOLquery = Get-NcVol -Template
Initialize-NcObjectProperty -Object $VOLquery -Name VolumeIdAttributes

$VOLquery.VolumeIdAttributes.OwningVserverName = $VserverName

$VOLattrs = Get-NcVol -Template
Initialize-NcObjectProperty -Object $VOLattrs -Name VolumeSnapshotAttributes

$VOLquery.VolumeIdAttributes.Name = $VolName
$VOLattrs.VolumeSnapshotAttributes.SnapshotPolicy = $SnapshotPolicy

Update-NcVol -Query $VOLquery -Attributes $VOLattrs

Hope it helps.

Cheers!

stephen2 — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 13:01:41 GMT

Thanks - just what I needed