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35 Dell Virtual Storage Manager: Installation Considerations and Local Data Protection | 2079-BP-V-VSM
6.3.1 Adding a snapshot schedule
In this example, protection is established for the datastore folder, VSM Demo, that contains the three datastores
(VSMDemo01, VSMDemo02, and VSMDemo03). A four hour schedule that keeps the past 8 copies is created, and it
runs from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. This means a snapshot is created at 6 a.m., 10 a.m., 2 p.m., and 6 p.m. and then kept for two
days. The schedule is repeated Monday through Friday.
With the power of schedules, multiple layers of point-in-time protection for various objects can be created. The great
thing about using the schedule on the datastore folder is that any new VM provisioned to those datastores
automatically inherits the protection from the schedule without administrator intervention. In the advanced options,
administrators get the same options for a standard snapshot.
1. Open the Add Snapshot Schedule wizard and give the snapshot schedule a meaningful name.