You should create a Snapshot copy schedule that meets the needs of your organization and users.
This schedule creates no weekly Snapshot copy; it creates a Snapshot copy every night and keeps two; and it creates hourly Snapshot copies at 8 a.m., 12 p.m., 4 p.m., and 8 p.m., and keeps six. Following is the default Snapshot copy schedule command:
snap sched vol_name 0 2 6@8,12,16,20Following is the recommended Snapshot copy schedule for this situation. It keeps two weekly Snapshot copies, six nightly Snapshot copies, and eight hourly Snapshot copies:
snap sched vol1 2 6 8@8,12,16,20On many systems, only 5 to 10 percent of the data changes each week, so the Snapshot copy schedule of six nightly and two weekly Snapshot copies consumes 10 to 20 percent of disk space. Considering the benefits of Snapshot copies, it is worthwhile to reserve this amount of disk space for Snapshot copies.
On a very active volume, you should schedule Snapshot copies every hour and keep them for just a few hours, or turn off Snapshot copies. For example, the following schedule creates a Snapshot copy every hour and keeps the last three:
snap sched vol2 0 0 3This schedule does not consume much disk space, and it lets users recover files in recent Snapshot copies as long as they notice their mistake within a couple of hours.
After you use the volume for a while, you should check how much disk space the Snapshot copies consume and how often users need to recover lost files, and then adjust the schedule as necessary.