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snaplock event-retention policy create

Create SnapLock Event Based Retention policies for a Vserver

Availability: This command is available to cluster and Vserver administrators at the admin privilege level.

Description​

The snaplock event-retention policy create command is used to create Event Based Retention (EBR) policies for a Vserver. A policy consists of a policy-name and a retention-period. Only a user with security login role vsadmin-snaplock is allowed to perform this operation.

Parameters​

-vserver <vserver name> - Vserver Name
Specifies the name of the Vserver for which a policy needs to be created.
-name <text> - Policy Name
Specifies the name of the EBR policy to be created.
-retention-period {{<integer> seconds|minutes|hours|days|months|years} | infinite} - Event Retention Period
Specifies the retention period for an EBR policy.

Examples​

The following example creates a new EBR policy "p1" for Vserver "vs1" with a retention period of "10 years":

            vs1::> snaplock event-retention policy create -name p1 -retention-period "10 years"