Snapshots and replication after long shutdown

Glorious1

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I have daily snapshots, all expiring after two weeks. This works great when the server is on most of the time. But twice in the last year I had to shut it down for over two weeks. When this happens, I gather it deletes all the old snapshots, then it has to make a complete copy of everything. This is some major thrashing that lasts a long time.

I guess it's not smart enough to use the last snapshot as a basis, even if it expired? Or I'm not smart enough to manage it. What's the best way to avoid this?
 
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dlavigne

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You could bump up the retention time before the shutdown and shorten it again afterwards?
 

Glorious1

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Thanks, yes, that's a good idea, when it's a "planned outage". One was and one wasn't.
 
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