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PowerScale OneFS 9.8.0.0 Web Administration Guide

Snapshot locks

A snapshot lock prevents a snapshot from being deleted. If a snapshot has one or more locks that are applied to it, the snapshot cannot be deleted: it is a locked snapshot. If the duration period of a locked snapshot expires, OneFS does not delete the snapshot until all locks on the snapshot have been deleted.

OneFS applies snapshot locks to ensure that snapshots that OneFS applications generate are not deleted prematurely. You can apply snapshot locks to snapshots that you create either manually or with a snapshot or SyncIQ schedule. However, avoid creating or removing locks on system-created snapshots.

The maximum number of locks that can be applied to a single snapshot is 16. In general, you should not apply multiple locks to the same snapshot. If there is a need for multiple locks on the same snapshot, care should be taken to ensure that the maximum is not exceeded to avoid snapshot creation failure.


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