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Chapter 9 Protect Screens
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The following table describes the labels in this screen.
9.4.1 Creating/Editing Snapshots
In the Protect > Snapshot screen, click the Create Job icon to open the following screen. Use
this screen to create a new snapshot job. You can also select an existing snapshot job in the
Protect > Snapshot screen and click the Edit Job icon.
" It’s strongly recommended to set the Maximum Number of Snapshots
Image(s) as low as possible as a high amount of snapshots can significantly
reduce the NSA’s file write performance.
See Table 112 on page 260 for the maximum number of snapshots allowed in the NSA.
You can only create one snapshot job per volume.
Figure 181 Protect > Snapshot > Add Job
Table 84 Protect > Snapshot > Snapshot Jobs
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Status This field shows whether the snapshot job is currently running or waiting
to run. The percent complete also displays for a currently running job.
Job Name This is the name of the snapshot job.
Volume Name This field identifies the volume upon which this job takes snapshots. A
snapshot must be done on a complete volume, and not a single file or
folder.
Snapshot Number This field displays how many snapshots this job has taken so far.
Period This field displays the snapshot schedule interval.
Next Run Time This field displays the schedule for the next snapshot in yyyy-mm-dd
hh:mm:ss format.