Create an automatic snapshot policy

This topic describes how to create an automatic snapshot policy in the ECS console.

1. Log on to the ECS console.
2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Storage & Snapshots > Snapshots.
3. In the top navigation bar, select a region.
4. On the Snapshots page, click the Automatic Snapshot Policies tab.
5. In the upper-right corner of the Automatic Snapshot Policies tab, click Create Policy.
6. In the Create Policy dialog box, complete the settings of the automatic snapshot policy.

   Parameter	Description
   Name	The name of the automatic snapshot policy.
   Executed At	The hour of the day at which to create automatic snapshots. You can select one or more hours from 00:00 to 23:00. Note When a snapshot is being created, the I/O performance of Elastic Block Storage devices degrades by up to 10%. This can result in a transient I/O speed decrease. We recommend that you create automatic snapshots during off-peak hours.
   Execution Frequency	The days of the week on which to create automatic snapshots. You can select one or more days from Monday to Sunday.
   Keep Snapshots	The retention period of the automatic snapshots. The default retention period is 30 days. The following options are available: Keep For: Specify the retention period of the snapshots. Unit: days. Valid values: 1 to 65536. Always Keep: If the maximum number of automatic snapshots for a disk is reached, the earliest snapshot created based on the automatic snapshot policy is deleted when a new snapshot is created.
   Tag	Select existing tag keys and values, or enter new tag keys and values. Automatic snapshots created based on the automatic snapshot policy are bound with these tags.
   Cross-Region Replication for Snapshots	If the Cross-Region Replication for Snapshots feature is enabled, automatic snapshots that are created based on the automatic snapshot policy are copied to the destination region. After you select Enabled, you must continue to set the Destination Region and Retention Time of Snapshot Copies parameters. For information about regions that support snapshot copying and billing rules of snapshot copies, see Copy a snapshot and Snapshots.
   Destination Region	The region to which to copy the snapshots.
   Retention Time of Snapshot Copies	The retention period of snapshot copies within the destination region. Keep For: Specify the retention period of the snapshots. Unit: days. Valid values: 1 to 65536. Always Keep Snapshots Regardless of the Limit of Snapshots: The snapshot copies in the destination region are retained indefinitely.

7. Click OK.