HP 3PAR Recovery Manager Software for VMware vSphere Licenses - Manual (Page 39)

4. Optional: If you want to adjust the expiration or retention time policy values (or both) for this
virtual copy (or, if you are scheduling automatic copies, this group of virtual copies):
•
To adjust the expiration time, check the Expiration Time checkbox and enter the new
expiration time.
•
To adjust the retention time, check the Retention Time checkbox and enter the new retention
time.
Even if the policy has a retention time value, you can override the policy for an individual
virtual copy in this Retention Time checkbox. Valid values are 0 (for no retention time) to
43,800 hours/1,825 days.
For more information, see “Setting the Recovery Manager Policy Configuration” (page 31) .
5. To immediately create one CCR virtual copy, click Finish in the Create Virtual Copy dialog
box. To schedule virtual copies, see
“Scheduling Automatic Virtual Copies” (page 39) .
Scheduling Automatic Virtual Copies
To schedule automatic virtual copies:
1.
In the node tree pane, right-click the storage group for which you want to create a virtual
copy, and select one of the following:
•
Create
→Virtual Copy
•
Create
→Remote Virtual Copy
•
Create
→LCR Virtual Copy
•
Create
→CCR Virtual Copy
2. Click Next in the Create Virtual Copy dialog box.
The Task Scheduler appears. For more information, see “Scheduling Automated Tasks with
Task Scheduler” (page 39) .
Automating Tasks
You can use the Task Scheduler to schedule Recovery Manager to automatically create virtual
copies (standard, LCR, and CCR), remote virtual copies, and backups, and to automatically analyze
and synchronize (if desired) a repository.
You can use Task Manager to manage all your scheduled virtual copies and backups for all
Recovery Manager products running on your servers.
Scheduling Automated Tasks with Task Scheduler
To schedule automatic virtual copies, backups, and analysis and synchronization of the repository:
1.
Set up a virtual copy creation, backup creation, or repository analysis task as desired. For
more information, see:
•
“Scheduling Automatic Virtual Copies” (page 39)
•
“Scheduling Automatic Backups at the Storage Group Level” (page 45)
•
“Scheduling Automatic Repository Analysis and Synchronization” (page 48)
2. In the Task Scheduler dialog box, check the Schedule this task checkbox.
3. In the Password text box, enter a local user password for the backup server.
4. In the Password (confirm) text box, re-enter the password.
5. From the Start Time drop-down list, select the hour at which you want Recovery Manager to
start creating automatic virtual copies.
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