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+######################################
+# This is a sample sanoid.conf file. #
+# It should go in /etc/sanoid.       #
+######################################
+
+# name your backup modules with the path to their ZFS dataset - no leading slash.
+[zpoolname/datasetname]
+	# pick a template - they're defined (and editable) below.
+	use_template = production
+	# if you want to, you can override settings in the template directly inside module definitions like this.
+	# in this example, we override the template to only keep 12 hourly and 1 monthly snapshot for this dataset.
+	hourly = 12
+	monthly = 1
+
+
+#############################
+# templates below this line #
+#############################
+
+# name your templates template_templatename. you can create your own, and use them in your module definitions above.
+[template_production]
+	template = yes
+	hourly = 36
+	daily = 30
+	monthly = 3
+	yearly = 0
+	autosnap = yes
+	autoprune = yes
+
+[template_backup]
+	template = yes
+
+	autoprune = yes
+	hourly = 30
+	daily = 90
+	monthly = 12
+	yearlies = 0
+
+	### don't take new snapshots - snapshots on backup 
+	### datasets are replicated in from source, not
+	### generated locally
+	autosnap = no
+
+	### monitor hourlies and dailies, but don't warn or 
+	### crit until they're over 48h old, since replication 
+	### is typically daily only
+	hourly_warn = 2880
+	hourly_crit = 3600
+	daily_warn = 48
+	daily_crit = 60
+
+
+###################################################################################
+# default template - contains same values as hardcoded, unless you override here. #
+#                    ALL values set here, so useful as documentation even if      #
+#                    nothing is actually overridden.                              #
+###################################################################################
+
+[template_default]
+template = yes
+
+# If any snapshot type is set to 0, we will not take snapshots for it - and will immediately
+# prune any of those type snapshots already present.
+#
+# Otherwise, if autoprune is set, we will prune any snapshots of that type which are older
+# than (setting * periodicity) - so if daily = 90, we'll prune any dailies older than 90 days.
+autoprune = yes
+hourly = 48
+daily = 90
+monthly = 6
+yearly = 0
+min_percent_free = 10
+
+# We will automatically take snapshots if autosnap is on, at the desired times configured
+# below (or immediately, if we don't have one since the last preferred time for that type).
+#
+# Note that we will not take snapshots for a given type if that type is set to 0 above, 
+# regardless of the autosnap setting - for example, if yearly=0 we will not take yearlies
+# even if we've defined a preferred time for yearlies and autosnap is on.
+autosnap = 1;
+# hourly - top of the hour
+hourly_min = 0;
+# daily - at 23:59 (most people expect a daily to contain everything done DURING that day)
+daily_hour = 23;
+daily_min = 59;
+# monthly - immediately at the beginning of the month (ie 00:00 of day 1)
+monthly_mday = 1;
+monthly_hour = 0;
+monthly_min = 0;
+# yearly - immediately at the beginning of the year (ie 00:00 on Jan 1)
+yearly_yday = 1;
+yearly_hour = 0;
+yearly_min = 0;
+
+# monitoring plugin - define warn / crit levels for each snapshot type by age, in units of one period down
+# example hourly_warn = 90 means issue WARNING if most recent hourly snapshot is not less than 90 minutes old,
+# daily_crit = 36 means issue CRITICAL if most recent daily snapshot is not less than 36 hours old,
+# monthly_warn = 36 means issue WARNING if most recent monthly snapshot is not less than 36 days old... etc.
+#
+# monitor_dont_warn = yes will cause the monitoring service to report warnings as text, but with status OK.
+# monitor_dont_crit = yes will cause the monitoring service to report criticals as text, but with status OK.
+#
+# setting any value to 0 will keep the monitoring service from monitoring that snapshot type on that section at all.
+monitor = yes
+monitor_dont_warn = no
+monitor_dont_crit = no
+hourly_warn = 90
+hourly_crit = 360 
+daily_warn = 28
+daily_crit = 32
+monthly_warn = 32
+monthly_crit = 35
+yearly_warn = 0
+yearly_crit = 0
+
+