Schedule Snapshot Task

[Pril]

Hi!

I am using two DSS as failover cluster.

Now, I want to do SAN-based backups with an additional backup host, that mounts the snapshots of the DSS an backups them.

I can do snapshots, an I can mount and backup them, but I did not find any possibility to schedule snapshot tasks.

How can I schedule, that open-e takes every day at 9pm a snapshot of a volume and delete the snapshot of the day before?

Greetings
Pril

[To-M]

When creating a Snapshot schedule go to the GUI in the following path:

MAINTENANCE -> snapshot -> Snapshots -> [snapshot_name] -> Function: Create schedule for snapshot task

Select the day or days for the time value. If you select no end time then the Snapshot will overwrite the next scheduled time.

For example:

M-T-W-T-F

Start Time 9AM (no end time)

Next day at 9AM will overwrite the previous Snapshot.

[Pril]

Hi!

Thank you, To-M!

I did not see, that I can set the schedule there.

Best wishes,
Pril

[budy]

Hi Todd,

that does not seem to work for me. I have setup a snapshot and created a schedule that should renew the snapshot on weekdays at 0:00 but that doesn't seem to happen.

The run-up is the following:

- created a snapshot and a schedule that says: Weekday Snapshot, Weekly Mo. Tu. We. Th. Fr. at 00:00
- then the snapshot had been inactivated, due to teh fact that I copied more data on the voluem than would fit into the snapshot
- actiuvated the snapshot again manually yesterday
- the snapshot didn't remew last night at 0:00

So, could it be that, once a snapshot overflows, one has to wait until the next scheduled activation for the snapshot to re-appear?

Cheers,
budy

[Sh-J]

Dear Budy,

Scheduling a snapshot was tested and it works fine. Id you press the green play button?

Please try testing it with another snapshot!

Regards,
SJ

[mhubert]

Hi SJ,

I have the same problems like budy.
One snapshot is scheduled to be activated/renewed every day at 20:00.

If I press the green play button before 20:00, the snapshot is started but never renewed at 20:00. The task status shows the start time of the manual activation.

If i do not press the play button, the snapshot is activated correctly at 20:00 but never renewed and the task shows the start time of the first activation at 20:00.

Regards
Matthias