Enterprise File Storage - Manage your snapshot policies

Objective

In this guide, we will provide an overview of how to manage your snapshot policies for OVHcloud Enterprise File Storage volumes. Learn how to create a snapshot policy, apply it to your volume, modify and delete it using the OVHcloud Control Panel.

Requirements

• An OVHcloud Enterprise File Storage service with an available volume
• Access to the OVHcloud Control Panel

Basics

A volume snapshot is a point-in-time, read-only copy of a volume.
Snapshots are created from an existing, operational volume. They cannot exist without it.
A snapshot policy allows you to automate the snapshot creation using different parameters. The policy can then be modified and deleted if you no longer need it.

Instructions

Log in to your OVHcloud Control Panel and switch to Bare Metal Cloud in the top navigation bar. Open Storage and Backup and Enterprise File Storage in the left-hand menu, then select your service from the list.

Creating your snapshot policy

A snapshot policy allows you to automate snapshots by defining the creation frequency in minutes, hours, days, weeks, or months. It is also required to specify the number of copies you want to retain.

1. From your OVHcloud Enterprise File Storage Control Panel, select the Snapshot policy tab.

2. Set your snapshot policy name, a policy description and then use the button + Add a new rule to add one or more rules to the policy.

3. Fill in the fields to specify the time of day, days of a month, week days and months for the snapshot creation. You also have to enter a prefix for the snapshots, needed for naming them.

You can find more detailed information for each value by clicking on the question mark icon. By expanding the Example section you can view two sets of policy rules with an explanation of their outcome.

Click on the check mark button to add the new rule. Once all rules are added, click on Create a new snapshot policy.

You cannot modify a snapshot policy after creating it. You will have to delete it and create another one if you need to apply new frequency parameters.

Applying a snapshot policy

Once the snapshot policy is created, you can apply it to a volume.

1. Go to the tab Volumes of your capacity pool.

2. Choose the volume you want the snapshot policy applied to from the list.

3. Go the Snapshots section and in the Manage the snapshot policy section, select the policy you want to apply.

4. Click on the button Apply the policy.

Deleting a snapshot policy

To delete a snapshot policy:

1. Go to the Snapshot policies tab of your capacity pool.

2. Select the policy you want to delete.

3. Click on the Trash can deletion button.

Go further

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