Scheduling snapshots (legacy), Parameters – Dell PowerVault MD3420 User Manual

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Parameter

Description

schedule

Use this parameter to schedule a snapshot
operation, with the following options:

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

For more information, see Scheduling Snapshots.

rollbackPriority

Determines whether system resources must be
allocated to the rollback operation at the expense
of system performance. A value of 0 indicates that
the rollback operation is prioritized over all other
host I/O. A value of 4 indicates that the rollback
operation must be performed with minimal impact
to the host I/O.

Notes

When you use this command, you can specify one or more of the optional parameters. You can use any
combination of alphanumeric characters, hyphens, and underscores for the names. Names can have a
maximum of 30 characters.
You can set the warningThresholdPercent parameter and the repositoryFullPolicy parameter
for both the snapshot repository virtual disk or the snapshot virtual disk.

Scheduling Snapshots (Legacy)

You can use the enableSchedule and the schedule parameters to create snapshots for a snapshot
group. Automatic snapshots can be scheduled daily, weekly, or monthly (by day or by date). The
enableSchedule parameter turns on or off the ability to schedule snapshots. When you enable
scheduling, you use the schedule parameter to define when you want the snapshots to occur.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

immediate

Begins a snapshot operation immediately; a
snapshot virtual disk is created and a copy-on-
write operation begins.

startDate

Defines a specific start date snapshot virtual disk
creation. The format for this option is MM:DD:YY. If

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