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Displays whether a SnapshotIQ license has been activated on the cluster.

Versions/licensing info: Links to the About this cluster page.

Displays the total number of snapshots that exist on the cluster.

Displays the total number of snapshots that were deleted on the cluster since the last snapshot delete job was run. The space consumed by the deleted snapshots is not freed until the snapshot delete job is run again.

Displays the total number of snapshot aliases that exist on the cluster.

Displays the total amount of space consumed by all snapshots.

This table lists the most recent snapshots created by SnapshotIQ.

View all saved snapshots

Opens the Data Protection > SnapshotIQ > Snapshots page.

Created

Displays the date that the snapshot was created.

Name / Path

Displays the name of the snapshot and the path of the directory referenced by the snapshot.

Size

Displays the amount of data stored by the snapshot.

To reduce disk-space usage, snapshots that reference the same directory reference each other, with older snapshots referencing newer snapshots. If a snapshot references data stored by another snapshot, the data is not freed until both snapshots are deleted. Therefore, deleting a snapshot might not free the entire amount of space displayed because another snapshot might be referencing the data stored by the snapshot.

Expires

The date at which SnapshotIQ will automatically delete the snapshot.

Select an action

This menu lists actions that can be applied to all snapshots simultaneously. If you select an action, that action will be applied to each snapshot whose check box has been selected.

Delete: Deletes all selected snapshots.

Capture a new snapshot

Opens a dialog box that allows you to create a snapshot.

Snapshot Name

Determines the name of the snapshot.

Directory Path

Determines the directory that the snapshot will reference.

Create an Alias

Determines whether to create a snapshot alias for the snapshot.

Alias Name: Determines the name of the snapshot alias.

Snapshot Expiration

Determines whether the snapshot will be automatically deleted by OneFS after a specified period of time.

Snapshot Expires on: Determines when the snapshot will be automatically deleted by OneFS after a specified period of time.

Capture

Creates the snapshot according to the specified settings.

Cancel

Cancels snapshot creation.

Delete

Deletes the snapshot.

View details

Displays more detailed information about the snapshot.

Edit: Allows you to edit the field.
Save: Saves your changes to the field.
Cancel: Cancels the changes you made.
Hide Details: Hides more detailed information about the snapshot.
Close: Hides more detailed information about the snapshot.

This table lists times that snapshot schedules will create snapshots.

View all snapshot schedules

Opens the Data Protection > SnapshotIQ > Snapshot Schedules page.

Next Run

Displays a time that the schedule will create a snapshot.

Schedule Name / Path

Displays the name of the snapshot schedule followed by the path of the directory that will be referenced by the snapshot created by the schedule.

Select an action

This menu lists actions that can be applied to all snapshot schedules simultaneously. If you select an action, that action will be applied to each snapshot schedule whose check box has been selected.

Delete Schedule: Deletes all selected snapshot schedules.

Create a snapshot schedule

Opens a dialog box that allows you to create a snapshot schedule.

Schedule Name

Determines the name of the snapshot schedule.

Naming Pattern for Generated Snapshots

Specifies the pattern that snapshots generated by the schedule are named according to.

Directory Path

Determines the directory that will be captured by snapshots created by the schedule.

Snapshot Frequency

Specifies when snapshots will be generated by this schedule.

Daily

Specifies schedule in terms of days.

Weekly

Specifies schedule in terms of weeks.

Monthly

Specifies schedule in terms of months.

Yearly

Specifies schedule in terms of years.

Generate snapshot every <integer> <day>

Creates snapshots only after the specified number of days or weekdays have passed. For example, if you specified "2 days", the schedule would create a snapshot every other day. However, if you specified "2 weekdays", starting on a Monday, the schedule would create a snapshot first on Wednesday, then on Friday, then on Tuesday, and so on.

Generate one snapshot per specified day

Creates a snapshot once each specified day.

Generate snapshot at: Creates a snapshot at the specified time.

Generate multiple snapshots per specified day

Creates multiple snapshots on each specified day.

Generate snapshot every <integer> <time>: Creates a snapshot on the specified interval.
Beginning at: Specifies the first time to create a snapshot on a specified day.
Ending at: Prevents snapshots from being created after the specified time on a specified day.

Generate snapshot every <integer> week(s)

Creates snapshots only after the specified number of weeks have passed. For example, if you specify "2 weeks", the schedule would create snapshots every other week.

Monday: Creates snapshots on Mondays of the given weeks.
Tuesday: Creates snapshots on Tuesdays of the given weeks.
Wednesday: Creates snapshots on Wednesdays of the given weeks.
Thursday: Creates snapshots on Thursdays of the given weeks.
Friday: Creates snapshots on Fridays of the given weeks.
Saturday: Creates snapshots on Saturdays of the given weeks.
Sunday: Creates snapshots on Sundays of the given weeks.

Generate snapshot every <integer> month(s)

Creates snapshots only after the specified number of months have passed. For example, if you specify "2 months", the schedule would create snapshots every other month.

Select snapshot day by

Determines whether you can specify which days snapshots are created by a day of the week or a specific date.

Generate snapshot on the <variable> <weekday>: Creates snapshots only on the specified day of the week.
Generate snapshot on the <variable> {Day | Weekday}: Creates snapshots only on the specified day of the month. For example, you can configure a schedule to create snapshots on the first day of each month or on the third weekday of each month.

Generate snapshot every <month>

Creates snapshots only in the specified month.

Generate snapshot on the <variable> <weekday> of <month>

Creates snapshots only on the specified day of the month.

Create an Alias

Determines whether to create a snapshot alias for the most recent snapshot created by the schedule.

Alias Name

Determines the name of the snapshot alias.

Snapshot Expiration

Determines whether snapshots are automatically deleted by SnapshotIQ after existing on the cluster for a specified length of time.

Snapshots expire <integer> <time> after creation

Determines the amount of time that a snapshot will exist on the cluster before SnapshotIQ automatically deletes the snapshot.

Create

Creates a snapshot schedule according to the specified settings.

Delete Schedule

Deletes the snapshot schedule.

View/Edit schedule

Displays more detailed information about the snapshot schedule and allows you to edit snapshot schedule settings.

Edit

Allows you to edit the field.

Change schedule

Allows you to edit the rate at which snapshots are generated by the schedule.

Create an Alias

Allows you to create an alias for the most recent snapshot created by the schedule.

Set an expiration

Allows you to specify how long snapshots generated by the schedule are kept before the snapshots are automatically deleted by SnapshotIQ.

Delete this snapshot schedule

Deletes the snapshot schedule.

Snapshot Calendar

This table lists snapshots that will be created by the snapshot schedule.

Next Run: The time that the snapshot will be created.
Pending Snapshot Name: The name that will be assigned to the snapshot when it is created.

Hide schedule

Hides more detailed information about the snapshot schedule.

Close

Hides more detailed information about the snapshot schedule.