# New user: Kopia CLI scheduled snapshots not running **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [March 4, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/new-user-kopia-cli-scheduled-snapshots-not-running/1843 "2023-03-04T20:56:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Caddy7468](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Caddy7468](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/Caddy7468)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/new-user-kopia-cli-scheduled-snapshots-not-running/1843/1 "2023-03-04T20:56:48Z")
New user here. I got a remote repo set up via SFTP, 3x snapshots created manually via CLI, policy set but for some reason the auto-snapshots are not created. I added new files to the source. Does the kopia server need to run on my server for the snapshot schedule to work (sudo kopia server -insecure)? Manual snapshots go through fine without issues. I could not access the web UI on the server but was able to configure the repository, snapshot and policy via CLI. **Scenario:** Server hosts a docker container for Immich (self hosted photo backup). I want to follow 3-2-1 backup policy with Kopia creating backup snapshots from Immich to a remote Raspberry Pi3 with a 500gb drive attached to it. Repository connection successful, manual snapshots created with policy fine. Policy dictates to ignore 3 folders that works. Initial backup was ~7gb and now should see incremental backups. However when I add additional photos that should get backed up then no scheduled runs take place. It has been close to 24hrs since I added photos w/o schedule picking it up. Rebooted the physical machine etc. Manual snapshots do pick up the new files. Immich Photo source path: /Media/TestBackup/ Policy: kopia policy show /Media/TestBackup/ ``` Retention: Annual snapshots: 3 inherited from (global) Monthly snapshots: 24 inherited from (global) Weekly snapshots: 4 inherited from (global) Daily snapshots: 7 inherited from (global) Hourly snapshots: 48 inherited from (global) Latest snapshots: 10 inherited from (global) Ignore identical snapshots: false inherited from (global) Files policy: Ignore cache directories: true inherited from (global) Ignore rules: (defined for this target) **/encoded-video/ **/original/ **/thumb/ Read ignore rules from files: inherited from (global) .kopiaignore Scan one filesystem only: false inherited from (global) Error handling policy: Ignore file read errors: false inherited from (global) Ignore directory read errors: false inherited from (global) Ignore unknown types: true inherited from (global) Scheduling policy: Scheduled snapshots: Snapshot interval: 1h0m0s (defined for this target) Manual snapshot: false inherited from (global) Uploads: Max parallel snapshots (server/UI): 1 inherited from (global) Max parallel file reads: - inherited from (global) Parallel upload above size: 2 GiB inherited from (global) Compression disabled. No actions defined. Logging details (0-none, 10-maximum): Directory snapshotted: 5 inherited from (global) Directory ignored: 5 inherited from (global) Entry snapshotted: 0 inherited from (global) Entry ignored: 5 inherited from (global) Entry cache hit: 0 inherited from (global) Entry cache miss: 0 inherited from (global) ``` ---
**Author:** ![ChrisA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b77776/32.png) [@ChrisA](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/ChrisA)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 9:18am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/new-user-kopia-cli-scheduled-snapshots-not-running/1843/2 "2023-03-12T09:18:09Z")
Hi, i have a somewhat similar configuration running. I am running a kopia docker container that backup my other docker containers as well as some additional folders. The kopia docker container also provides a remote repository to my other clients, which backup their files regulary. On what machine is kopia running? From your description I assume that kopia is running on the rasperry? Cheers, ---
**Author:** ![ChrisA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b77776/32.png) [@ChrisA](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/ChrisA)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 11:40am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/new-user-kopia-cli-scheduled-snapshots-not-running/1843/3 "2023-03-12T11:40:25Z")
See the budy’s answer in this post: [Is kopia running in the background? - #2 by budy](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/is-kopia-running-in-the-background/1853/2) You basically need to run the server or issue the command periodically. Cheers, ---
**Author:** ![Caddy7468](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Caddy7468](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/Caddy7468)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 6:56pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/new-user-kopia-cli-scheduled-snapshots-not-running/1843/4 "2023-03-12T18:56:49Z")
Thank you! Makes sense.