Dell EMC PowerVault MD 34XX/38XX Series Storage Arrays Administrator's Guide

Creating a snapshot schedule

The MD Storage Manager allows you to schedule regular snapshot image creation to enable file recovery, and scheduled backups. You can create a schedule when you initially create a snapshot group or consistency group, or you can add one later to an existing snapshot group or consistency group. After you create a snapshot image schedule, you can modify these and other schedule settings.

1. From the AMW, select either the snapshot group or consistency group that contains the pending snapshot image.
2. Do one of the following:
   • Copy Services > Snapshot Group > Create Snapshot Image Schedule.
   • Copy Services > Consistency Group > Consistency Group Image > Create/Edit Schedule.
   The Schedule Settings window is displayed.
3. Do one of the following:
   • If you want to use an existing schedule, click Import settings from existing schedule. The Import Schedule is displayed. Select the schedule you want to import from the Existing schedules table and then click Import.
   • If you want to create a new schedule, define the settings appropriately for the schedule.
4. If you are creating the schedule for a snapshot group, select Create the First Snapshot Image Now to create a copy of the associated base virtual disk at the same time the schedule is created.
5. If you are creating the schedule for a consistency group, click Enable snapshot image scheduling to enable the scheduled snapshot image creation for the group.
6. Click Finish to create the schedule for the snapshot group or consistency group you selected.
   The system performs the following:

   • Creates the schedule for the snapshot group or consistency group and updates the Properties pane for the snapshot group or consistency group.
   • If you had selected Create the First Snapshot Image Now, the system takes a copy of the associated base virtual disk. Each subsequent snapshot image capture depends on the schedule you created.