---
title: "snapshot modify"
slug: "snapshot-modify"
tags: ["5.5"]
updated: 2026-10-27T23:00:54Z
published: 2026-10-27T23:00:54Z
canonical: "docs.vastdata.com/snapshot-modify"
---

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# snapshot modify

This command modifies a [snapshot](/docs-5-5/docs/snapshots-and-local-backup).

#### Usage

```plaintext
snapshot modify --id ID
               [--name NAME]
               [--expiration-time EXPIRATION_TIME]
               [--enable-lock]
```

#### Required Parameters

| `--id ID` | Specifies which snapshot to modify. |
| --- | --- |

#### Options

| `--name NAME` | Changes the name of the snapshot. |
| --- | --- |
| `--expiration-time EXPIRATION_TIME` | Sets or modifies a time in the future at which the snapshot should expire. Specify EXPIRATION_TIME in the format *YYYY-mm-dd*T*HH:MM:SS*. Example: `--expiration-time 2019-09-25T22:30:00` |
| `--enable-lock` | Renders the snapshot indestructible. Once this setting is enabled, deleting the snapshot or shortening its expiration time requires unlocking the cluster's indestructibility mechanism. |

#### Example

```plaintext
vcli: admin> snapshot modify --id 971306 --name s3mainsnap
```