Canceling a remote snapshot, Editing a remote snapshot – HP LeftHand P4000 Virtual SAN Appliance Software User Manual

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Custom setting— The custom setting for remote bandwidth defaults to 32,768 KB, or about
4 MB. Use the calculation tool to identify a desired bandwidth setting. For example, if you
have a T1 line, and you want to set the remote bandwidth to 12% of that capacity, you can
use the calculation tool to find the correct value, 189 KB.

Best practice

Set the bandwidth speed the same in both directions unless you have an asymmetrical WAN
link.

1.

In the navigation window, select the primary management group.

2.

Click Management Group Tasks, and then select Edit Management Group.

3.

Select the remote management group in the Remote Copy Targets.

4.

Click Edit Remote Bandwidth.

5.

Change the bandwidth setting as desired (

Figure 5 (page 19)

).

Figure 5 Calculating a custom value for setting remote bandwidth

Canceling a remote snapshot

When you cancel a remote snapshot that is in progress, the remote snapshot is deleted, but the
primary snapshot remains.

1.

In the navigation window, select the remote snapshot.

2.

Click the Remote Snapshot tab.

3.

Select the remote snapshot to cancel from the list, if it is not already selected.

4.

Click Remote Snapshot Tasks, and then select Cancel Remote Snapshot.

5.

Click OK.

Editing a remote snapshot

To change the description and change the server assignment of a remote snapshot:

1.

Log in to the management group that contains the remote snapshot.

2.

Select the remote snapshot in the navigation window.

3.

Click Snapshots Tasks, and then select Edit Snapshot.

4.

Change the desired information, and then click OK.

Working with remote snapshots

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