Administrator Guide

Dedicated FluidFS Snapshot Profiles
For FluidFS deployments, Storage Manager creates a dedicated FluidFS snapshot that is automatically assigned to FluidFS LUNs (storage
volumes). The profile setting defaults to Daily, and the retention policy is to delete after 25 hours.
Creating On-Demand Snapshots
Create a NAS volume snapshot to take an immediate point-in-time copy of the data.
Steps
1. In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab.
3. In the File System view, expand NAS Volumes and select a NAS volume.
4. In the NAS Volume Status panel, click the Snapshots & Clones tab.
5. In the Snapshot area, click Create.
The Create Snapshot dialog box opens.
6. In the Snapshot field, type a name for the snapshot.
7. (Optional) Configure the remaining snapshot attributes as needed. These options are described in the online help.
• To retain the snapshot indefinitely, clear the Snapshot Expiration Enabled checkbox.
• To expire the snapshot in the future, select the Snapshot Expiration Enabled checkbox and specify a day and time on which to
expire the snapshot.
8. Click OK.
Managing Scheduled Snapshots
You can create a schedule to generate snapshots regularly. To minimize the impact of snapshot processing on system performance,
schedule snapshots during off-peak times. Snapshots created by a snapshot schedule are named using this format
<snapshot_schedule_name>_YYYY_MM_DD__HH_MM
Create a Snapshot Schedule for a NAS Volume
Create a NAS volume snapshot schedule to take a scheduled point-in-time copy of the data.
Steps
1. In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab.
3. In the File System view, expand NAS Volumes and select a NAS volume.
4. Click the Snapshot & Clones tab.
5. In the Snapshot Schedules area, click Create.
The Create Snapshot Schedule dialog box opens.
6. In the Snapshot Schedule field, type a name for the snapshot schedule.
7. Specify when to create snapshots:
• To create a snapshot based on a period of time, select the Take snapshot every option and type the frequency in minutes, hours,
days, or weeks.
• To create a snapshot based on day and time, select the Take snapshot on option and select the days and times.
8. (Optional) Configure the remaining snapshot schedule attributes as needed. Replication provides three different snapshot retention
policies: Identical (default), Minimum, and Archive with Retention Period in Days. These options are described in the online help.
• To retain all snapshots that are created by the snapshot schedule indefinitely, clear the Take snapshot every option.
• To expire the snapshots that are created by the snapshot schedule in the future, select the Retain each snapshot for option and
specify the retention period for snapshots in minutes, hours, days, or weeks in the adjacent fields.
9. Click OK.
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