Scheduling snapshots (legacy), Parameters – Dell PowerVault MD3260i User Manual

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Parameter

Description

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 no
start date is provided, the current date is used. For
example: startDate=06:27:11.

scheduleDay

Defines a day of the week you want to create a snapshot
virtual disk and perform a copy-on-write operation. The
values that you can enter are: monday, tuesday,
wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday,
sunday, and all. For example:
scheduleDay=wednesday.

startTime

Defines time of a day you want to create a snapshot
virtual disk and start performing a copy-on-write
operation. The format for entering the time is HH:MM,
where HH is the hour and MM is the minute past the hour.
Use a 24-hour clock. For example: startTime=14:27,
which corresponds to 2:27 PM.

scheduleInterval

Amount of time, in minutes that defines a minimum
between two copy-on-write operations. It is possible for
you to create a schedule in which you have overlapping

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