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Manage the backup schedule for an FSx for ONTAP file system

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Manage the backup schedule for an FSx for ONTAP file system in NetApp Workload Factory.

Steps

  1. Log in using one of the console experiences.

  2. Select the menu The hamburger menu icon is used to navigate to workloads like storage and then select Storage.

  3. From the Storage menu, select FSx for ONTAP.

  4. From FSx for ONTAP, select the actions menu of the file system to update the backup schedule for and then select Manage.

  5. Under Information, select the pencil icon next to Volume backups. The pencil icon appears next to the dropdown arrow when the mouse hovers over the Volume backups row.

  6. In the Volume backups dialog, provide the following:

    1. Daily automatic backups: Enable or disable the feature. If you disable the feature, select Apply. If you enable the feature, complete the following steps.

    2. Automatic backup retention period: Enter the number of days to retain automatic backups.

    3. Daily automatic backup window: Select either No preference (a daily backup start time is Selected for you) or Select start time for daily backups and specify a start time.

    4. Weekly maintenance window: Select either No preference (a weekly maintenance window start time is selected for you) or Select start time for 30-minute weekly maintenance window and specify a start time.

  7. Select Apply.