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List snapshot policies:
symcfg -sid <sid> list -policy -type snap
symcfg -sid <sid> list -policy -type snap -detail
View a policy:
symcfg -sid <sid> show -policy <name> -type snap
Create a policy:
symcfg -sid <sid> create -policy <name> -type snap -interval <dd:hh:mm>
-offset <dd:hh:mm> -max_count <count> -warning_compliance <count>
-critical_compliance <count>
Delete a policy:
symcfg -sid <sid> delete -policy <name> -type snap
Modify a policy:
symcfg -sid <sid> set -policy <name> -type <snap> <[-interval [[<D>:]<HH>:]<MM>] [-max_count <#>] [-offset [[<D>:]<HH>:]<MM>]
[-critical_compliance <#> | -no_critical_compliance]
[-warning_compliance <#> | -no_warning_compliance] [-new_name <Name>]>
Suspend a policy:
symcfg -sid <sid> suspend -policy <name> -type snap -sg <name>
Resume a policy:
symcfg -sid <sid> resume -policy <name> -type snap -sg <name>
Assign an SG to a policy:
symsg -sid <sid> -sg <name> add -policy <name> -type snap
Remove an SG from a policy:
symsg -sid <sid> -sg <name> remove -policy <name> -type snap
List SGs that are associated with a snapshot policy:
symsg -sid <sid> list -policy -type snap
List policy snapshots (also shows persistent policy snapshots and Cloud Mobility snapshots):
symsnapvx -sid <sid> list -policy
List manual snapshots:
symsnapvx -sid <sid> list -manual:
List snapshots on an SG and display the SnapSet ID:
symsnapvx -sid <sid> -sg <name> list -snapshot_name <name> -detail -snapid
List the most recent versions of snapshot on a specified SG:
symsnapvx -sid <sid> list -sg <sg_name> -snapshot_name <snapshot_name> -detail -last_n <count>
List aggregate summary of the snapshots on an SG:
symsnapvx -sid <sid> list -sg <sg_name> -aggregate
Set a policy snapshot to persistent:
symsnapvx -sid <sid> -sg <name> -snapshot_name <name> -snapid <id>
set persistent
List persistent policy snapshots (also shows Cloud Mobility snapshots):
symsnapvx -sid <sid> list -persistent
Unset persistence from a policy snapshot:
symsnapvx -sid <sid> -sg <name> -snapshot_name <name> -snapid <id>
set nopersistent
Terminate all snapshots on specified SG:
symsnapvx -sid <sid> -sg <name> terminate -all -force
Terminate all versions of a snapshot on an SG:
symsnapvx -sid <sid> -sg <name> -snapshot_name <name> terminate -all
-force
Terminate all versions of a snapshot on an SG while keeping most recent count:
symsnapvx -sid <sid> -sg <name> -snapshot_name <name> terminate -keep_count <count> -force
Terminate all versions of a snapshot on an SG after the specified SnapSet ID:
symsnapvx -sid <sid> -sg <name> -snapshot_name <name> terminate
-older_than -snapid <id> -force