ONTAP 9.14.1 commands

snaplock legal-hold begin

Starts an operation to place files under legal-hold in the user specified path on a SnapLock compliance volume.

Availability: This command is available to cluster and Vserver administrators at the admin privilege level.

Description

The snaplock legal-hold begin command is used to place specified file or files under legal-hold for a given litigation. Only a user with security login role vsadmin-snaplock is allowed to perform this operation.

Parameters

-vserver <vserver name> - Vserver Name

Specifies the name of the Vserver which owns the volume. The specified file or files to be placed under legal-hold reside on this volume.

-litigation-name <text> - Litigation Name

Specifies the name of the litigation for which the file or files have to be placed under legal-hold.

-volume <volume name> - Volume

Specifies the name of the SnapLock compliance volume on which the file or files to be placed under legal-hold reside.

-path <text> - Path

Specifies a path relative to the volume root. The path can be either a file path of the single file to be placed under legal-hold or a directory path where all regular files under it must be placed under legal-hold.

Examples

The following example starts a legal-hold begin operation on file file1 in volume slc_vol1 :

vs1::> snaplock legal-hold begin -litigation-name litigation1 -volume slc_vol1 -path /file1
SnapLock legal-hold begin operation is queued. Run "snaplock legal-hold show -operation-id 16842773 -instance" to view the operation status.

The following example starts a legal-hold begin operation on all files in the volume slc_vol1 :

vs1::> snaplock legal-hold begin -litigation-name litigation1 -volume slc_vol1 -path /
SnapLock legal-hold begin operation is queued. Run "snaplock legal-hold show -operation-id 16842775 -instance" to view the operation status.
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