lbcli create snapshots-policy (2.2 and above)

Creates a new snapshot policy.

Synopsis

Create a new policy for periodic generation of snapshots for a specified volume. Snapshots will be created periodically for specified volumes at defined intervals. These snapshots will be deleted after the defined retention time expires.

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lbcli create snapshots-policy [flags]
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Examples;

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# Create a snapshots policy. lbcli -J $JWT create snapshots-policy --project-name=proj1 --name=policy1 --volume-uuid=302e7970-b138-11e9-91d4-525401643394 --description="my policy" --hours-in-cycle=2 --start-time=22:30 --retention-time=7200slbcli -J $JWT create snapshots-policy --project-name=proj1 --name=policy1 --volume-name=volume_0 --description="my policy" --days-in-cycle=3 --start-time=08:20 --retention-time=48h
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Flag	Short	Type	Description
--description		string	Snapshot policy description (optional)
--help	-h	bool	Help for snapshots-policy.
--name		string	Snapshot policy name (required).
--project-name		string	The project name (required).
--retention-time		string	Retention time to keep the snapshot, before deleting it (optional). Retention time is encoded as a string with a {value}{unit} format. {value} is a decimal number and {unit} is one of the following: ns, us, ms, s, m, h. Example: 7200s, 1200m, 2h.
--volume-name		string	Volume name to assign policy to (required if volume-UUID was not provided).
--volume-UUID		string	Volume UUID to assign policy to (required if volume-name was not provided).
--days-in-cycle		int	Specifies the time interval between the creation of snapshots (in units of days). Valid values are in the range of 1 to 6 days. You must specify either this flag or --hours-in-cycle to specify the rate of snapshots creation.
--hours-in-cycle		int	Specifies the time interval between the creation of snapshots (in units of hours). Valid values are in the range of 1 to 23 hours. You must specify either this flag or --days-in-cycle to specify the rate of snapshots creation.
--start-time		int	The scheduled start time. In daily policy, this defines the reoccurring time of day that a snapshot is created. For hourly snapshots, this defines the time within the hour that a snapshot is created. This must be in the form of HH:MM, in which HH is hours and MM is minutes.

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