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Snapshots are not being created as per the volumes snapshot policy

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Applies to

ONTAP 9

Issue

  • Snapshots are not being created automatically per the volumes snapshot policy
  • Manual snapshots can be created successfully with the volume snapshot create command:

cluster1::> volume snapshot show -vserver svm1_cluster1 -volume FlexGroup1

                                                                 ---Blocks---
Vserver  Volume   Snapshot                                  Size Total% Used%
-------- -------- ------------------------------------- -------- ------ -----
svm1_cluster1
         FlexGroup1
                  Manual_test_snap                        4.74MB     0%   49%
1 entries were displayed.

cluster1::> volume show -vserver svm1_cluster1 -volume FlexGroup1 -fields snapshot-policy

vserver       volume     snapshot-policy
------------- ---------- ---------------
svm1_cluster1 FlexGroup1 hourly

 

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