Administrator Guide

6 In the Name eld, type a name for the schedule.
7 In the Frequency drop-down list, select the frequency with which the schedule runs.
8 In the Schedule Type area, select the Snapshot Schedule option.
9 In the Start and End Dates area, select the date and time for the schedule to start and the date and time for the schedule to end.
10 In the Snapshot Settings area, type the maximum number of snapshots to keep.
11 Click OK.
Modify Snapshot Properties
After a snapshot is created, you can modify the settings of the snapshot.
1 Click the Storage view.
2 In the Storage pane, select a PS Series group.
3 Click the Storage tab.
4 In the Storage tab navigation pane, expand the Volumes node and select a volume that contains a snapshot.
5 From the Snapshots tab, select a snapshot to modify.
6 Click Edit Settings. The Modify Snapshot Properties dialog box opens.
7 In the Name eld, type a name for the snapshot.
8 (Optional) In the Description eld, type a description for the snapshot.
9 In the Snapshot iSCSI Settings area, type a value in the Public Alias eld to specify a public alias for the snapshot.
10 In the Shared Access area, select the Allow simultaneous connections from initiators with dierent IQNs checkbox if your
environment supports multiple initiators accessing a volume.
11 In the Read-Write Permissions area, set the read-write permissions for the snapshot.
12 Click OK.
Control Snapshot Space Borrowing
You can control whether or not a volume is allowed to borrow space for snapshots. Snapshot space borrowing enables you to temporarily
increase the available snapshot space for a volume by borrowing space from other sources. Borrowing can help prevent the oldest
snapshots from potentially being deleted when the allocated snapshot reserve of a volume is depleted.
1 Click the Storage view.
2 In the Storage pane, select a PS Series group.
3 Click the Storage tab.
4 In the Storage tab navigation pane, select a volume.
5 In the right pane, click Edit Snapshot Policy. The Edit Snapshot Policy dialog box opens.
6 Select the action to perform when creating a snapshot exceeds the snapshot reserve.
• Set volume oine — This option sets the volume and snapshots oine.
• Delete oldest snapshot — This option deletes the oldest snapshots to free up space for new snapshots.
7 If the Delete oldest snapshot option is selected, you can select the Borrow snapshot space as needed checkbox to enable the PS
Series group to borrow space for snapshots.
8 Click OK.
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