HP 3PAR Application Software Suite for VMware Licenses - Manual (Page 68)

d. Select whether to ensure application consistency. This option is used to create snapshots
of Virtual Copy sets that adhere to data format standards used by the VMware Tools.
NOTE: If new VMs are added to a Datastore, you also need to update the policy in
order to make the VM application consistent.
NOTE: When installing or upgrading VMware tools, you must be sure to reboot VMware
on the system where it running otherwise application consistent snapshots may not be
valid even though they are reported as completed successfully. This situation can also
occur when the VMware tools have not been upgraded on the VM system following an
upgrade of the ESXi server.
5. Click Save.
The Virtual Copy policy modification task is submitted and started. An alert appears indicating
that the new policy has been saved.
6. Click OK.
Scheduling Virtual Copies
You can automatically create Virtual Copies according to a specified schedule.
To view or create a scheduled Virtual Copy task:
1.
Follow the instructions in “Viewing Virtual Copy information” (page 60) .
2. Click the Virtual Copies tab.
3. Click Scheduler. The Schedule List dialog Figure 41 (page 68) appears.
Figure 41 Schedule List dialog
From the Scheduled List dialog, you can add a scheduled Virtual Copy creation task or modify
an existing one using the Schedule Task Wizard.
To add a new scheduled Virtual Copy task, follow these steps:
68 Working with Virtual Copies