Dell Solutions Enabler 10.0.0 TimeFinder SnapVX CLI User Guide

Description

Use the set secure option to convert a regular snapshot to a secure snapshot with a secure expiration time. The secure expiration time is set as either as a number of days plus hours, or hours, from the current host time, or to an absolute date and time in the future. Only snapshots without links or restore sessions can be terminated. If the snapshot has links it will be terminated when the last link is unlinked. If the snapshot has a restore session it will be terminated when the restore session is terminated.

Also use this command to reset a secure snapshot either from a previous set secure or establish -secure operation, however a subsequent set secure operation must set a time greater than current expiration time setting.

Options

set secure

Creates a secure snapshot with a secure expiration time for a snapshot either as a number of days from the current day/time or an absolute date in the future. When the secure expiration time expires a snapshot is identified as expired.

NOTE:Refer to the examples in Set SnapVX snapshot time to live (TTL) for formatting rules for setting expiration time.

• -delta Days[:hours] — Sets secure expiration time to 1 – 400 days plus 0 –23 hours from current host time. Day format is days:hh (for hours, only whole numbers are valid and 0 value is optional).
• -absolute Date[:hour] — Sets secure expiration time up to a date 400 days from current host date plus 0 –23 hours. Date format is MM/DD/YYYY:HH (for hours, only whole numbers are valid and 0 value is optional).

-snapshot name <SnapshotName>

Specifies the snapshot name.

Examples

To set the secure expiration time for snapshot named 600am and automatically terminate it after 3 days 6 hours, enter:

symsnapvx set secure -nop -dev 3b5 -snapshot_name 600am -sid 476 -delta 3:6

To set the secure expiration time for snapshot named 600am and automatically terminate it at noon on June 1 2017, enter:

symsnapvx set secure -nop -dev 3b5 -snapshot_name 600am -sid 476 -absolute 06/01/2017:12