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# View snapshot policies dashboard

The Snapshot policy feature provides snapshot orchestration at scale (1,024 snaps per storage group). The feature simplifies snapshot management for snapshots.

## About this task

See Understanding Snapshot policy for an overview of the snapshot policies functionality.

The snapshot policies dashboard is a card dashboard from which you can view all snapshot policies, the number of associated storage groups and their snapshot policy compliance status from a high level. The system is shipped with default policies.

## Steps

1. Select a storage system that supports snapshot policies.
2. Select Data Protection > Snapshot Policies.
3. Optional: If there are no existing snapshot policies, click Create Snapshot Policy to create one.
4. Optional: Click to display the snapshot policy view in card view format.
5. Optional: Click to display the snapshot policy view in list view format.
6. View the following parameters displayed in each snapshot policy panel:
   - Snapshot policy name
   - Number of associated storage groups and their associated compliance status. Clicking any of the numbers results in the display of the snapshot policy storage group list view.
   - Snapshot policy schedule summary
   - Indication of suspended status if applicable
7. Click to view the alerts.
8. Click to modify the snapshot policy.
9. Optional: Click Create Snapshot Policy to create a snapshot policy.
10. Click to access extra controls.
    The following controls are available:
    - Add Storage Group— Associate a snapshot policy and storage group with each other
    - Remove Storage Group— Disassociate a snapshot policy and storage group from each other
    - Suspend— Suspend a snapshot policy
    - Resume— Resume a snapshot policy
    - Delete Policy— Delete a snapshot policy