I have a customer who needs to set the expiry-time for legal reasons for many snapshots via WFA. Unfortunately the PowerShell Cmdlets currently do not support setting the expiry-time for a snapshot. I would have expected Set-NcSnapshot to have a parameter for expiry time, but it is missing. I have now implemented the missing functionality using Invoke-NcSystemApi, but would be glad if it could be included in the official PowerShell Cmdlets.   Here's an example to get the current expiry time   $Template = Get-NcSnapshot -Template $Template.ExpiryTime = "" $Snapshot = Get-NcSnapshot -Vserver $VserverName -Volume $VolumeName -Snapshot $SnapshotName Write-Host "Expiry time of snapshot $SnapshotName is $($Snapshot.ExpiryTimeDT)"   Here's the Cmdlet to set the expiry time directly using the ZAPI   # helper function to convert datetime to unix timestamp function ConvertTo-UnixTimestamp { [CmdletBinding()] PARAM ( [parameter(Mandatory=$True, Position=0, ValueFromPipeline=$True, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$True, HelpMessage="Date to be converted.")][DateTime[]]$Date ) BEGIN { $epoch = Get-Date -Year 1970 -Month 1 -Day 1 -Hour 0 -Minute 0 -Second 0 } PROCESS { $Date = @($Date) foreach ($Date in $Date) { $Seconds = [math]::Ceiling($Date.ToUniversalTime().Subtract($epoch).TotalSeconds) Write-Output $Seconds } } } <# .SYNOPSIS Modifies expiry-time of a snapshot .DESCRIPTION This operation modifies the expiry time of a snapshot .EXAMPLE $ExpiryTime = (Get-Date).AddYear(1) Set-NcSnapshotExpiryTime -Controller $Controller -Vserver $VserverName -Volume $VolumeName -Snapshot $SnapshotName -ExpiryTime $ExpiryTime .PARAMETER Controller A clustered Data ONTAP controller to receive this cmdlet, as embodied by an NcController object. This parameter is returned by the Connect-NcController cmdlet. If not specified, the value in the global variable CurrentNcController is used. In the latter case, if CurrentNcController contains a collection of NcController objects, this cmdlet is invoked on each controller in succession. .PARAMETER Vserver Name of the vserver to which this volume belongs. .PARAMETER Volume Volume name. .PARAMETER Snapshot Snapshot name. .PARAMETER ExpiryTime Expiry time as DateTime object. .LINK Get-NcSnapshot #> function global:Set-NcSnapshotExpiryTime { [CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName="none")] PARAM ( [parameter(Mandatory=$False, Position=0, HelpMessage="A clustered Data ONTAP controller to receive this cmdlet, as embodied by an NcController object. This parameter is returned by the Connect-NcController cmdlet. If not specified, the value in the global variable CurrentNcController is used. In the latter case, if CurrentNcController contains a collection of NcController objects, this cmdlet is invoked on each controller in succession.")][NetApp.Ontapi.Filer.C.NcController]$Controller, [parameter(Mandatory=$True, Position=1, ValueFromPipeline=$True, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$True, HelpMessage="Vserver to which to direct this command. If the currently connected controller (as embodied by an NcController object) represents a cluster, there are multiple means to address commands to one of its vservers. Either set the Vserver field on the NcController object to direct all subsequent commands to that vserver, or supply the VserverContext parameter to an individual cmdlet. Only cmdlets which may be invoked on vservers offer the VserverContext parameter.")][String]$Vserver, [parameter(Mandatory=$True, Position=2, HelpMessage="Names of the volumes across which the snapshot is to be created.", ValueFromPipeline=$True, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$True)][String]$Volume, [parameter(Mandatory=$True, Position=3, HelpMessage="Name of the snapshot to be modified.", ValueFromPipeline=$True, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$True)][Alias("Name")][String]$Snapshot, [parameter(Mandatory=$True, Position=4, HelpMessage="Expiry time as DateTime object..")][DateTime]$ExpiryTime ) PROCESS { Write-Verbose "Setting expiry time $ExpiryTime for snapshot $Snapshot of Volume $Volume in SVM $Vserver" $xmlDoc = New-Object system.Xml.XmlDocument $xmlDoc.loadXml(@" <snapshot-modify-iter> <attributes> <snapshot-info> <expiry-time></expiry-time> </snapshot-info> </attributes> <query> <snapshot-info> <name></name> <volume></volume> <vserver></vserver> </snapshot-info> </query> </snapshot-modify-iter> "@) $xmlDoc."snapshot-modify-iter".query.'snapshot-info'.vserver = $Vserver $xmlDoc."snapshot-modify-iter".query.'snapshot-info'.volume = $Volume $xmlDoc."snapshot-modify-iter".query.'snapshot-info'.name = $Snapshot $xmlDoc."snapshot-modify-iter".attributes.'snapshot-info'.'expiry-time' = ($ExpiryTime | ConvertTo-UnixTimestamp).ToString() $result = Invoke-NcSystemApi -RequestXML $xmlDoc -VserverContext $Vserver -ErrorAction Stop if ($result.results.'num-failed' -ge 1) { throw "Setting Expiry Time failed with error " + $result.results.'failure-list'.'snapshot-modify-iter-info'.'error-message' } } }   ... View more

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. ... View more

I just moved my Hyper-V VMs from 2012R2 to 2019.  SnapManager fails to create application-consistent backups.  There is a support article that simply says "Install the Host Guardian Service" without any consideration to the additional overhead this causes.   I work in a small shop and the steps needed are onerous.   I swear that NetApp backup products across the board have gotten worse, almost to the point of being unusable in the past 10 years.   Can someone tell me if NetApp plans on addressing this shortcoming or are the customers SOL? ... View more