5.6 HP StorageWorks X9000 File Serving Software User Guide (TA768-96035, June 2011)

To create the schedule for the automated snapshots, go to the Schedule tab and click Schedule this
task (or run now). You can set the frequency of the snapshots and schedule when they should
occur. You can also set start and end dates for the schedule. When you click OK, the snapshot
scheduler will begin taking snapshots according to the specified snapshot strategy and schedule.
Creating automated snapshots from the CLI
You will first need to create an automated snapshot scheme with the ibrix_snap_strategy
command and then schedule the snapshots with ibrix_at.
Creating a snapshot scheme
Use the following information to create an automated snapshot scheme from the CLI.
To define a snapshot scheme, execute the ibrix_snap_strategy command with the -c option:
ibrix_snap_strategy -c -n NAME -k KEEP -m MOUNT [-T TYPE] [-N NAMESPEC] [-M MOUNTSPEC]
The options are:
The name for the snapshot scheme.-n NAME
The strategy type: linear (corresponds to Regular on the GUI) or DWMGroup. linear allows
a specific number of snapshots and mountpoints on the system. DWMGroup allows a specific
number of snapshots and mountpoints per day, week, and month.
-T TYPE
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