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Create a snapshot configuration to enable Previous Versions access in ONTAP

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The Previous Versions functionality is always available, provided that client access to snapshots is enabled and provided that snapshots exist. If your snapshot configuration does not meet these requirements, you can create a snapshot configuration that does.

Steps

  1. If the volume containing the share to which you want to allow Previous Versions access does not have an associated snapshot policy, associate a snapshot policy to the volume and enable it by using the volume modify command.

    Learn more about volume modify in the ONTAP command reference.

  2. Enable access to the snapshots by using the volume modify command to set the -snap-dir option to true.

    Learn more about volume modify in the ONTAP command reference.

  3. Verify that snapshot policies are enabled and that access to snapshot directories is enabled by using the volume show and volume snapshot policy show commands.

    Learn more about volume show and volume snapshot policy show in the ONTAP command reference.

    For more information about configuring and managing snapshot policies and snapshot schedules, see Data Protection.

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