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Viewing the retention period of a volume

You can view the retention period of a volume to know if the volume can be deleted. You can delete a SnapLock volume when the retention period is over. You can view the maximum retention period of WORM files in SnapLock volume by using the vol status command.

Step

  1. To view the retention period of a SnapLock volume, enter the following command: vol status -w
    Example
    In the following example, the command output displays the expiry date of SnapLock volumes in a storage system:
    system_a> vol status -w
    Volume                      Expiry Date                    Compliance Clock
    -------------------------   ----------------------------   ----------------------------
    vol0                        -                              -
    slcv_32_1                   Sun Dec 16 22:13:39 GMT 2012   Tue Feb  5 19:15:30 GMT 2013
    slcv_32_3                   Sat Nov 16 22:37:02 GMT 2019   Tue Feb  5 19:15:30 GMT 2013
    slcv_32_5                   Mon Sep 16 22:13:32 GMT 2013   Tue Feb  5 19:15:30 GMT 2013
           
    If the SnapLock volume does not have any retention time set, the command displays the expiry date as none.
    system_a> vol status -w
    Volume                      Expiry Date                    Compliance Clock
    -------------------------   ----------------------------   ----------------------------
    vol0                        -                              -
    sle_vol                     none                           Thu Jan 10 07:58:27 GMT 2013
    reg_vol                     -                              -
    slc_vol                     none                           Thu Jan 10 07:58:27 GMT 2013
    Note: In a SnapLock Enterprise volume, the volume expiry time might be inconsistent, for example, date with a longer retention than that of the oldest file on the volume and so on. This is because certain operations, such as privileged delete and Single File SnapRestore (SFSR), might not update the volume's expiry date. However, you can destroy a SnapLock Enterprise volume, irrespective of the volume's expiry date.