You can create a snapshot of the active volume to preserve the volume image at any point in time. You can create the snapshot immediately or create a schedule to automate future snapshots of the volume. You can create up to 32 snapshots for a single volume.
Procedure
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Select .
Note: If two or more clusters are added, ensure that the cluster you intend to use for the task is selected in the navigation bar.
- Click the Volumes sub-tab.
- From the Active view, select the check box for the volume you want to use for the snapshot.
- Click Actions.
- In the resulting menu, select Create Snapshot.
- Optional: In the Create Snapshot dialog box, enter a name for the snapshot.
Tip: Use descriptive naming best practices. This is especially important if multiple clusters or vCenter Servers are used in your environment.
Note: If you do not enter a name, the system creates a snapshot default name using the date and time the snapshot was created.
- Optional: Select the Include snapshot in replication when paired check box to ensure that the snapshot is replicated when the parent volume is paired.
- Select one of the following as the retention period for the snapshot:
- Keep forever: Retains the snapshot on the system indefinitely.
- Set retention period: Determine a length of time (days, hours, or minutes) for the system to retain the snapshot.
Note: When you set a retention period, you select a period that begins at the current time (retention is not calculated from the snapshot creation time).
- To take a single, immediate snapshot, select Take snapshot now.
- To schedule the snapshot to run at a future time, perform the following steps:
- Select Create snapshot schedule.
- Enter a schedule name.
- Select a schedule type from the list and configure the schedule details.
- Optional: Select the Recurrent Schedule check box to repeat the scheduled snapshot periodically.
- Click OK.