Administrator Guide

• Select and delete a snapshot schedule.
NAS Volume Snapshots and Snapshot Schedules
This section provides steps for creating on-demand NAS volume snapshots and for setting up schedules to take snapshots at regular
intervals.
Creating NAS Volume Snapshots
You can create an on-demand snapshot of a NAS volume for an associated datastore and set the expiration date for the snapshot.
Steps
1 Select an NFS datastore in inventory.
2 Select Actions > All Dell Storage Actions > Snapshot > Create Snapshot.
The Create Snapshot wizard starts.
3 Type a name for the snapshot. Names can be a maximum of 230 characters including special characters (right or left angle bracket,
backslash, hyphen, underscore, ampersand, tilde, plus sign). As best practice, use a snapshot name that is concise and descriptive.
NOTE: If a snapshot name that you specied is already present, the snapshot is not created and the message
Snapshot name already exists will be displayed.
4 (Optional) If you want to set an expiration date for the snapshot, select Enable Expiration and a date from the calendar. You can also
indicate hours and minutes.
Next step
(Optional) Set up a snapshot schedule to take snapshots of a NAS volume at regular intervals. See Creating NAS Volume Snapshot
Schedules.
Creating NAS Volume Snapshot Schedules
Set up a snapshot schedule to take snapshots of a NAS volume at regular intervals during a designated timeframe.
1 Select an NFS datastore in inventory.
2 Select the NAS volume for which you want to take a snapshot.
3 Select Actions > All Dell Storage Actions > Snapshot > Create Snapshot Schedule.
The Create Snapshot Schedule wizard starts.
4 Type a name for the snapshot schedule. Names can be a maximum of 230 characters including special characters (right or left angle
bracket, back slash, hyphen, underscore, ampersand, tilde, plus sign).
5 Select Take Snapshot Every, type a numerical value for minutes, hours, days, or weeks, and select the snapshot frequency from the
dropdown menu.
6 Alternatively, select Take Snapshot On to set a date and time for taking a snapshot.
a Select the day of the week.
b Select the time and AM or PM.
c Specify the number of minutes to oset each snapshot of a NAS volume. Optionally, type an oset value to begin taking the
snapshot some minutes after the hour. The default is zero (0) minutes.
7 Select Retain Snapshot for to indicate how long snapshots are saved before automatic deletion. Type a numerical value for minutes,
hours, days, or weeks, and select the retention interval from the dropdown menu.
8 Click Next.
Summary information about the snapshot schedule is displayed.
9 Click Finish to set the schedule.
Snapshots of the NAS volume are taken and according to the values set by the schedule. You can revise the schedule values as needed.
For information, see Editing NAS Volume Snapshot Schedules. If you want to take an immediate (on-demand) snapshot, see Creating NAS
Volume Snapshots.
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