Note: Snapvault snapshots are not protected on the source from autodelete until the snapvault update runs on the destination and locks the snapshot Snapshot autodelete is a policy based space manageme...Note: Snapvault snapshots are not protected on the source from autodelete until the snapvault update runs on the destination and locks the snapshot Snapshot autodelete is a policy based space management feature that is implemented in Data ONTAP 7.1 (and subsequent Data ONTAP 7G versions) in order to get back space in volume for user data. It allows the user to define a policy to automatically delete snapshots when the volume is nearly full.