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Dell PowerFlex: Snapshots
Executive summary PowerFlex PowerFlex snapshots Secure snapshots
General behavior
Creating a secure snapshot
Extend retention period of secure snapshot
Delete secure snapshot on or after expiration
Delete secure snapshot before expiration
Create a write-enabled version of a secured snapshot
Conclusion References

Extend retention period of secure snapshot

Extend retention period of secure snapshot

  • While it is not possible to reduce the retention period of a secure snapshot, it is possible to use the CLI to extend the retention period. This operation cannot be performed from PowerFlex Manager.

    scli --set_snapshot_security \

    --volume_name workload-volume-0-snap-1 \

    --retention_period 30m –i_am_sure

    This command will alter the retention period and resets the expiration time to 30 minutes from the time the command is run.

    Attempting to set a retention period shorter than the remaining time already defined will receive an error:

    Figure 20.    Example of error trying to reduce the secure snapshot retention period