Setting the minimum retention period

You can set the SnapLock volume minimum retention period to ensure that applications or users do not assign retention periods that do not confirm to the minimum retention period requirement.

Step

1. To set the SnapLock volume minimum retention period, enter the following command:vol options vol_name snaplock_minimum_period [ period | infinite ]

   vol_name is the SnapLock volume name.

   period is the retention period specified by numeral, followed by days (d), months (m), or years (y). Alternatively, you can also specify infinite, which means that all the files on the volume are retained forever. To learn about retention period values, see the na_vol(1) man page.

   Note: To set the minimum retention period to infinite, you must set the default and maximum retention periods also as infinite. For details, refer to na_vol(1) man page.

   Example

   The following command sets a minimum retention period of six months.

   vol options wormvol1 snaplock_minimum_period 6m