Administrator Guide

Pause Snapshot Expiration for a Volume
Pause snapshot expiration for a volume to temporarily prevent Snapshot Proles from expiring snapshots for the volume. When snapshot
expiration is paused, the Create Snapshot and Delete options are not available when you right-click any volume on the Storage Center.
1 If the Storage Manager Client is connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the Storage view.
2 In the Storage tab navigation pane, select the Snapshot Prole you want to pause.
3 In the bottom right pane, select the Volumes tab.
4 Right-click the volume for which you want to pause snapshot expiration.
Select Edit Settings. The Edit Volume Settings dialog box opens.
5 In the Snapshot Proles area, select the Snapshot Expiration Paused check box.
6 Click OK.
Allow the Most Recent Snapshot for a Volume to be Expired
If you do not need to keep at least one snapshot for a given volume at all times, you can allow the most recent volume snapshot to be
expired by a
Snapshot Prole.
1 If the Storage Manager Client is connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the Storage view.
2 In the Storage tab navigation pane, select the volume.
3 In the right pane, click Edit Settings.
The Edit Volume dialog box opens.
4 Click Edit Advanced Volume Settings.
The Edit Advanced Volume Settings dialog box opens.
5 Select the Allow Snapshots to coalesce into active Snapshot checkbox.
6 Click OK to close the Edit Advanced Volume Settings dialog box.
7 Click OK to close the Edit Volume dialog box.
Expire a Snapshot Manually
If you no longer need a snapshot and you do not want to wait for it to be expired based on the snapshot prole, you can expire it manually.
1 If the Storage Manager Client is connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the Storage view.
2 Click the Storage tab.
3 In the Storage tab navigation pane, select the volume you want to modify.
4 Click the Storage tab.
5 In the Storage tab navigation pane, select the volume for which you want to expire a snapshot.
6 In the right pane, click the Snapshots tab.
7 Right-click the snapshot you want to expire, then select Expire. The Expire dialog box opens.
NOTE
: To expire multiple snapshots simultaneously, hold down Shift while you select the snapshots, then right-click a
selected snapshot and select Expire.
8 Select the snapshot you want to expire, then click Expire.
The Expire dialog box opens.
9 Click OK to expire the selected snapshot.
Related link
Managing Snapshot Proles
Storage Center Administration
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