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Some customers consider snapshots a form of backup. They may also consider the loss of a snapshot equivalent to the loss of production data. Prior to PowerStoreOS 3.5, there was no way to prevent snapshots from intentional or accidental deletion. With PowerStoreOS 3.5, snapshots can be created as secure snapshots. This prevents their deletion within a prescribed retention time period during which they cannot be deleted by the user. A secured snapshot also protects the parent resource from accidental deletion.
Perform the following steps to create a secure snapshot:
For additional information, see the References section.