Release Notes

4 Dell Virtual Storage Manager: Installation Considerations and Local Data Protection | 2079-BP-V-VSM
6.1 Protection with VSM snapshots ....................................................................................................................................... 29
6.1.1 Creating a snapshot .......................................................................................................................................................... 30
6.2 Scalability with folders and datastores............................................................................................................................. 32
6.3 Automating protection with schedules ............................................................................................................................ 33
6.3.1 Adding a snapshot schedule ............................................................................................................................................. 35
6.3.2 Overlapping datastore schedules ..................................................................................................................................... 36
6.4 Managing and monitoring snapshots ............................................................................................................................... 37
6.5 Recovering with snapshots ............................................................................................................................................... 37
6.5.1 Data Recovery menu ........................................................................................................................................................ 38
6.5.2 Selective restore ............................................................................................................................................................... 40
6.5.3 Rollback restore ................................................................................................................................................................ 42
6.6 Creating clones from snapshots ....................................................................................................................................... 42
6.7 Advanced cloning in selective data recovery ................................................................................................................... 46
6.8 Multilayered data protection approach and data placement .......................................................................................... 49
7 Local data protection strategies with vVol datastores ................................................................................................................ 50
7.1 Comparing VMFS and vVol data protection ..................................................................................................................... 50
7.2 Protection with VMware vVol snapshots ......................................................................................................................... 51
7.2.1 Creating a snapshot .......................................................................................................................................................... 52
7.2.2 Restoring from a snapshot ............................................................................................................................................... 53
7.2.3 Automating protection with snapshot schedules ............................................................................................................ 54
7.3 Additional vVol snapshot functionality with VSM ............................................................................................................ 55
7.3.1 Protecting groups of virtual machines ............................................................................................................................. 55
7.3.2 Automating protection with VSM snapshot schedules .................................................................................................... 58
7.4 Recovering virtual machines using VSM ........................................................................................................................... 61
7.4.1 Recovering complete virtual machine .............................................................................................................................. 61
7.4.2 Recovering individual files or virtual disks ....................................................................................................................... 61
7.5 Creating clones from snapshots ....................................................................................................................................... 63
8 Summary ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 64
A Additional resources ................................................................................................................................................................... 65
A.1 Technical support and customer service .......................................................................................................................... 65
A.2 Dell online services ........................................................................................................................................................... 65
A.3 Dell PS Series storage solutions ........................................................................................................................................ 65