Creating snapshot (for app volume sets)
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To navigate to App Volume Sets screen and create a snapshot for an app volume set, do the following:
- On the main menu, select Block Persona > App Volume Sets.
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Click
Create snapshot on the
Actions menu.
The Create Snapshot dialog opens.
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Enter or select your choices for required and optional settings.
General
- System:
Name of the storage system.
- Domain:
The domain in which the app volume set is created.
- Parent app volume set:
Name of the app volume set.
- App volume set snapshot policy:
Snapshot policy assigned to the app volume set.
- Create snapshot:
You can select either Once or Assign policy option for snapshot creation. You can choose Assign poilcy option only if a policy is not assigned already to the parent virtual volume.
- Snapshot name pattern:
- You can select three patterns for the snapshot names:
Parent volume and time stamp
Parent volume and time in seconds since epoch
Custom
Important: If you are creating a recurring schedule pattern, Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends that you carefully consider your choice of the snapshot name. Learn more: Naming snapshots.
- Snapshot name:
Snapshot name using the selected snapshot name pattern.
- Schedule pattern:
You can select either Once now or Once later option.
To create a snapshot now, accept the default schedule pattern Once now on the Schedule panel. To create a snapshot at another time, select Once later. Learn more: Specifying schedule patterns.
Additional Settings
Snapshot
- Volume ID
Volume ID of the virtual volume in the app volume set. The value is assigned automatically.
- Retention time
Enable or disable the retention time option. Enabling retention time prevents the virtual volume from deletion before the specific time.
- Expiration time
Enable or disable the expiration time option. Enabling expiration time automatically removes virtual volume after a specific time.
- Comments
Any additional comments on the snapshot.
- When you have completed your choices, click Create to start the action and close the dialog; otherwise click Cancel if you are not sure about the action.