Administrator Guide

• Click No to create a snapshot for the selected volume only.
6. In the Expire Time eld, type the number of minutes, hours, days, or weeks to keep the snapshot before deleting it. If you do
not want the snapshot to expire, select Do Not Expire.
7. (Optional) In the Description eld, type a description of the snapshot. The default descriptive text is "Manually Created."
8. Click OK.
View Snapshots on a Volume
View the Snapshots tab to see information about snapshots, such as Freeze Time, Expiration Time, size, and description. You can
also view the snapshots on a volume in a tree view.
1. Select a Storage Center from the Storage view. (Data Collector connected Storage Manager Client only)
2. Click the Storage tab.
3. In the Storage tab navigation pane, select the volume.
4. In the right pane, click the Snapshots tab.
5. Click Select View to choose Table View or Tree View.
• Table View displays all of the information for a snapshot on one screen. This information includes Freeze Time, Expire Time,
Size, Create Volume, and Snapshot Prole.
• Tree View displays a single eld for each snapshot: Freeze Time, Expire Time, Size, or Description. To change the eld
displayed, click Select Display Field and then select a new eld.
Assign Snapshot Proles to a Volume
Assign one or more Snapshot Proles to a volume if you want snapshots to be created on an automated schedule.
1. Select a Storage Center from the Storage view. (Data Collector connected Storage Manager Client only)
2. Click the Storage tab.
3. In the Storage tab navigation pane, select the volume you want to modify.
4. In the right pane, click Edit Settings. The Edit Volume dialog box opens.
5. Select the appropriate Snapshot Proles.
a. Next to Snapshot Proles, click Change. The Select Snapshot Proles dialog box opens.
b. In the top pane of the dialog box, select the Snapshot Proles to assign to the volume.
c. When you are nished, click OK. The Select Snapshot Proles dialog box closes.
6. Click OK to close the Edit Volume dialog box.
Create a Local Recovery Volume from a Snapshot
Create a recovery volume from a snapshot if you need to access data that is contained in the snapshot. A volume created from a
snapshot accesses the same data as the original volume. The volume created from the snapshot does not consume more space than
the original volume. It will consume more space when new data is written to the new volume.
Prerequisite
QoS Prole options are shown only if Allow QoS Prole Selection has been enabled on the Storage Center Preferences dialog box
(Storage Center version 7.0 or later).
Steps
1. Select a Storage Center from the Storage view. (Data Collector connected Storage Manager Client only)
2. Click the Storage tab.
3. In the Storage tab navigation pane, select the volume.
4. In the right pane, click the Snapshots tab.
5. Right-click the snapshot from which you want to create a local recovery volume, then select Create Volume from Snapshot.
The Create Volume from Snapshot dialog box opens.
6. Select the snapshot from which you want to create a local recovery volume, then click Create Volume from Snapshot. The
Create Volume from Snapshot dialog box opens.
7. (Optional) Modify default settings for the recovery volume as needed.
• To change the volume name, modify the Name eld.
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