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title: "Configuring Snap-to-Object in WEKA"
slug: "configuring-snap-to-object-in-weka"
updated: 2026-10-30T20:50:06Z
published: 2026-10-30T20:50:06Z
canonical: "docs.wasabi.com/configuring-snap-to-object-in-weka"
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# Configuring Snap-to-Object in WEKA

WEKA NeuralMesh's [Snap-To-Object](https://docs.weka.io/weka-filesystems-and-object-stores/snap-to-obj) capability exports point-in-time filesystem snapshots (data and metadata) directly to Wasabi with a full first snapshot and incremental snapshots after that. In this article describes the steps to send an on-demand snaphshot to Wasabi and configure snapshot policies.

## Requirements

- WEKA cluster version 4.4.35 or higher
  - Data Protection Option (DPO) license
- An active Wasabi account
  - Access & Secret Key Pair (see [3—Creating a User Account and Access Key](https://docs.wasabi.com/docs/creating-a-user-account-and-access-key))
  - Wasabi bucket (see [2—Working With Buckets and Objects](https://docs.wasabi.com/docs/working-with-buckets-and-objects))

## On-demand snapshots

1. Navigate to **Manage**.
2. Select **Snapshots**.

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3. On the Snapshots page, click + **Create** to create a snapshot.

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4. In the Create Snapshot dialog box, provide the following details.
  - Name—Provide a name for the snapshot.
  - Access Point—Name of the directory created for the filesystem-level snapshot.
  - Source Filesystem—Source filesystem from which to create a snapshot.
  - Upload to local object store—Enable this to upload the snapshot to local object store.
  - Upload to remote object store—Enable this to upload the snapshot to remote object store (if the filesystem has a remote object store configured).
5. Click **Create**.

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The Snapshots page will display the snapshot progress.

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## Creating a Snapshot policy

1. Navigate to **Manage**.
2. Select **Snapshot Policies**.

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3. On the Snapshot Policies page, click **+ Create Policy**.

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4. Provide a name for the policy.
5. Specify how often the snapshots should be uploaded to the Object store.
6. Click **Save**.

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7. On the Snapshot Policies page, select the policy created earlier.
8. Under the Assigned Filesystems section, click **Attach Filesystem**.

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9. Select the Wasabi filesystem.
10. Click **Attach**.

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11. The snapshot policy will display the attached filesystem.

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According to the configured policy, the snapshots will be uploaded to the Wasabi bucket.

## Restoring a Snapshot

1. Navigate to the snapshot in which to restore.
2. Expand the options and select **Restore To**.

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3. Select the destination in which to restore the snapshot.
4. Click **Save**.

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## Appendix

This section provides the command line approach to the above configuration.

1. Take a snapshot.

```plaintext
weka fs snapshot add <fs> <snap-name>
```
2. To create a snapshot policy, export the default policy and edit the JSON. Use the following commands.
3. Add the policy.

```plaintext
weka fs protection snapshot-policy add <name> <path> [--description <string>] [--enabled]
```
4. Attach filesystems to the policy.

```plaintext
weka fs protection snapshot-policy attach <name> [<filesystems>]...
```
5. Restore a snapshot.

```plaintext
weka fs restore <fs> <snap> --preserved-overwritten-snapshot-name <name>
```