Feature request: better snapshoting automation

[kamzar1 (Dauerurlaub)]

@Kriss

Even if we can set several schedules in it - something that few people know - i

Thanks for revealing this secret.
I have been requesting that for a while:

LXC snapshots.schedule recommendations and questions

Is it possible to set multiple schedules/ snapshot plans for a container? Daily,weekly, monthly … lxc config set c1 snapshots.schedule “0 0 * * *” “0 0 * * 0” “0 0 1 * *” Sofar pattern contains datetime, they will not collide or overwrite by a shared name. But it gets tricky when each schedule would require its own specific pattern and expiry!

Snapshots.schedule

Thanks. As auto snapshot now will be taking multiple schedules, is it a thinkable feature to have multiple patterns and multiple expirations each corresponding to those plans? Or having the auto snapshot values as array: Plan1: { snapshots.schedule: snapshots.expiry: 90d snapshots.pattern: A-%d } … etc.

Though multi schedule seems to work now, there just need to be a multi pattern as well, so you can easily distinguish by name/pattern, which snapshots is child of schedule.