Creating Schedules To Snapshot A Volume; Characteristics For Creating A Schedule To Snapshot A Volume - HP StorageWorks P4000 User Manual

Creating schedules to snapshot a volume

You can create one or more schedules to snapshot a volume. For example, your backup and recovery
plan might include three schedules: one schedule for daily snapshots, retained for seven days; the
second schedule for weekly snapshots, retained for four weeks; the third schedule for monthly snapshots,
retained for five months.
Table 50 Characteristics for creating a schedule to snapshot a volume
Item
Name
Description
Start at
Recurrence
Application-managed
snapshot
Retention
1. In the navigation window, select the volume for which you want to create a schedule for snapshots.
2. Click Volume Tasks on the Details tab and select New Schedule to Snapshot a Volume.
3. Type a name for the schedule.
4. (Optional) Enter a snapshot description.
5. Click Edit to specify a start date and time.
The Date and Time Configuration window opens. Use this window to set the date and time for
the first snapshot created by this schedule.
6. Click OK when you are finished setting the date and time.
7. Select a recurrence schedule.
8. If you want to use VSS to quiesce the application before creating the snapshot, select the
Application-Managed Snapshot check box.
This option requires the use of the VSS Provider. For more information, see
application-managed
let you create a point-in-time snapshot (not using VSS).
This option quiesces VSS-aware applications on the server before SAN/iQ creates the snapshot.
9. Specify the retention criteria for the snapshot.
Description and requirements
The name of the schedule that is displayed in the CMC. A scheduled snapshot name
must be from 1 to 127 characters and is case sensitive. Snapshots created by a
schedule have a default naming convention enabled when the CMC is installed. You
can change or disable this naming convention. See
tions" on page 30 for information about this naming convention. The name you enter
in the Create Schedule to Snapshot a Volume window will be used with sequential
numbering. For example, if the name is Backup, the list of snapshots created by this
schedule will be named Backup.1, Backup.2, Backup.3.
[Optional] Must be from 0 to 127 characters.
The date and time can occur in the past.
The recurrence can be set to every n number of minutes, hours, days, or weeks or to
never recur. The minimum is 30 minutes.
This option quiesces VSS-aware applications on the server before SAN/iQ creates
the snapshot.
The retention criteria can be for a specified number of snapshots or for a designated
period of time.
snapshots" on page 216. If the VSS Provider is not installed, SAN/iQ will
"Setting naming conven-
"Requirements for
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