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# Create a snapshot policy

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

## Prerequisites

See Roles and associated permissions to determine the user roles that can perform this task.

| NOTE: When creating snapshot policies, ensure that your system is sized for the snapshot usage to be consumed by the policies.

The maximum number of snapshot policies that can be created on a storage system is 20.

## About this task

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

## Steps

1. Select a storage system that supports snapshot policies.
2. Select DATA PROTECTION > Snapshot Policies.
3. Click Create Snapshot Policy.
4. Specify the following:
   - Enter the snapshot policy name.
   - Optional: For type, select the Secure checkbox.
   - Select the snapshot creation rate, interval, and offset into the interval. For example, create a snapshot hourly, every 6 hours (interval) at 05:59 (offset) into the interval.

     | NOTE: The interval cannot be greater than the offset. You can also type a value for the interval (a value not greater than the offset) if you do not want to select from the available intervals.

   - Enter the retention details.
   - Optional: Select different compliance values to the defaults.
5. Click CREATE.