Dell PowerVault MD3420 User Manual

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Parameter

Description

repositoryPercentOfSource

The size of the snapshot (legacy) repository virtual
disk as a percentage of the source virtual disk. Use
integer values. For example, a value of 40 means
40 percent. The default value is 20.

repositoryUserLabel

The name to give to the snapshot (legacy)
repository virtual disk. Enclose the snapshot
(legacy) repository virtual disk name in double
quotation marks (" ").

repositoryFullPolicy

Specifies how snapshot (legacy) processing
continues if the snapshot (legacy) repository is full.
You can choose to fail writes to the base virtual
disk (failBaseWrites) or fail the snapshot
(legacy) virtual disk (failSnapShot). The default
value is failSnapShot.

enableSchedule

Turns on or off the ability to schedule a snapshot
(legacy) operation. To turn on snapshot (legacy)
scheduling, set this parameter to TRUE. To turn off
snapshot (legacy) scheduling, set the parameter to
FALSE.

schedule

Use this parameter to schedule a snapshot (legacy)
operation.
You can use one of these options for setting a

schedule for a snapshot (legacy) operation:

• immediate
• startDate
• scheduleDay
• startTime
• scheduleInterval
• endDate
• noEndDate
• timesPerDay
• timeZone

NOTE: For more information, see Notes
below.

Notes

The virtual disk that you are taking a snapshot (legacy) of must be a standard virtual disk in the storage
array. The maximum number of snapshot (legacy) virtual disks that you can create is one-half of the total
number of virtual disks that are supported by a RAID controller module.
You can use any combination of alphanumeric characters, underscore (_), hyphen (-), and pound (#) for
the names. Names can have a maximum of 30 characters.
One technique for naming the snapshot (legacy) virtual disk and the snapshot (legacy) repository virtual
disk is to add a hyphenated suffix to the original base virtual disk name. The suffix distinguishes between

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