Administrator Guide

5. Congure the remote snapshot expiration rule.
a. Select the remote Storage Center(s) for which you want to specify an expiration rule for the snapshots.
b. In the Remote Expiration eld, type the number of minutes, hours, days, or weeks to keep the remote snapshot before
deleting it.
c. Click OK.
Modify a Snapshot Prole Expiration Rule for Remote Snapshots
Modify a remote expiration rule for a Snapshot Prole to change the time at which remote snapshots are expired.
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 Snapshot Prole.
4. In the right pane, click the Remote Expiration Rules tab.
5. Right-click the remote expiration rule and select Edit Remote Snapshot Expiration. The Edit Remote Snapshot Expiration
dialog box appears.
6. Congure the remote snapshot expiration rule.
a. In the Remote Expiration eld, type the number of minutes, hours, days, or weeks to keep the remote snapshot before
deleting it.
b. Click OK.
Managing Storage Proles
Storage Proles describe the RAID level and tiers on which data is stored.
NOTE: For user interface reference information, click Help.
Create a Storage Prole (Storage Center 7.2.1 and Earlier)
Create a Storage Prole to specify custom RAID level and tier settings that can be applied to one or more volumes.
Prerequisite
In the Storage Center User Volume Defaults, the Allow Storage Prole selection check box must be selected.
About this task
NOTE: SCv2000 series controllers cannot create Storage Proles.
Steps
1. Select a Storage Center from the Storage view. (Data Collector connected Storage Manager Client only)
2. Click the Storage tab.
3. From the Storage Center Actions menu, select Storage Prole → . The Create Storage Prole dialog box opens.
4. Congure the Storage Prole.
a. In the Name eld, type a name for the Storage Prole.
b. From the RAID Type Used drop-down menu, select the RAID level(s) used for volumes associated with the Storage Prole.
c. In the Storage Tiers area, select the Storage Tiers (disk classes) that can be used for volumes associated with the Storage
Prole.
5. Click OK.
Create a Storage Prole (Storage Center 7.2.10 and Later)
Create a Storage Prole to specify custom RAID level and tier settings that can be applied to one or more volumes.
Prerequisite
In the Storage Center User Volume Defaults, the Allow Storage Prole selection check box must be selected.
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