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Snapshots in 6.6.1 - New changes option, power on behavior, and custom settings
I recently upgraded to 6.6.1 and I have researched all the Snapshot posts I can but still don't know what the right solution is for me.
I use my NAS to store things that are only rarely changed....they reside there, and the shares are added to with new files. An occasional change so I want snapshots if I do something stupid but I won't be trying to go back a year for a file.
Further, I don't have my unit powered on all the time, partially because I don't need it that often, and I figure why leave it on if all family member's PC's can expose it to Crypto?
Anyway my understanding of the custom schedule that is if your unit is not ON at the time it is scheduled, it won't take it of course. But what does nto make sense to me, it appears that it also won't take it at the next power on? Is this still true on 6.6.1?
Also, I like the option to not take a snapshot if there are no changes. In my case if I understand that option correctly that would make a lot of sense, correct? But if the power on issue is real, then I can't use custom.
The smart setting would work if I set it for weekly, that does appear to take them when it is powered on??? Is that correct? But my issue with that is the weeklies get promoted to monthly and those are kept "forever" per the documentation.
So what's my question? I am trying to get say a weekly (or even monthly if that makes this work) snapshot (upon next power on), and then have it check the following week for changes and if none (very likely for me), don't take a snapshot (makes sense?). And finally, limit the number of snapshots. Per my understanding if I do weekly, after 12 months I will ahve 12 snapshots. And in my case 12 snaphots of which over half will probably be identical. And I would prefer not to have to remember to delete the old snapshots manually...I forget and they build up!
Thanks for any suggestions,
BJB
If you use the custom settings, you can use the power timer to be sure it's on when a snapshot is scheduled. If we know when the Smart snapshots are taken (I don't use them), you could do the same. Since snapshot promotion happens at midnight, it's a good bet that snapshots occur immediately afterward, but surely sombody knows for sure. One problem, though, is it will still try to shut it down at the end of the period even if you manually powered it on (but only if the snapshot and any other maintenance tasks have completed). A new snapshot of a share that has not changed takes very little space (for Smart snapshots or if you have checked the only take snapshot with changes box in Custom), so perhaps you should be less concerned about taking them more often.
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If you use the custom settings, you can use the power timer to be sure it's on when a snapshot is scheduled. If we know when the Smart snapshots are taken (I don't use them), you could do the same. Since snapshot promotion happens at midnight, it's a good bet that snapshots occur immediately afterward, but surely sombody knows for sure. One problem, though, is it will still try to shut it down at the end of the period even if you manually powered it on (but only if the snapshot and any other maintenance tasks have completed). A new snapshot of a share that has not changed takes very little space (for Smart snapshots or if you have checked the only take snapshot with changes box in Custom), so perhaps you should be less concerned about taking them more often.
Thanks for the info!
I guess rather than messing around with custom and spinning it up and down I will just use the "smart" option since it sounds like extra snapshots after no changes don't take up much space.
Thanks,
BJB
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