Dell PowerVault 725N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) - Manual (Page 47)

7. Click OK to save the new scheduled persistent image.
Deleting a Persistent Image Schedule
1. Log in to the NAS Manager.
2. Click Disks.
3. Click ActiveArchive.
4. Click Schedules.
5. On the Persistent Image Schedules page, click the check box next to the scheduled persistent image to be deleted.
6. In the Tasks list on the Persistent Image Schedules page, click Delete.
7. Click OK to delete the item or click Cancel to leave the item intact.
Editing the Properties of a Persistent Image Schedule
1. Log in to the NAS Manager.
2. Click Disks.
3. Click ActiveArchive.
4. Click Schedules.
5. Click the persistent image schedule you want to change.
6. In the Tasks list on the Persistent Image Schedules page, click Properties.
7. Use the appropriate menus to select or change the starting time, the frequency at which to repeat the persistent image (Repeat every), the day to
begin, the volume(s) to include, the image attributes (Read-only or Read/Write), retention weight, the number of images to save (per schedule), and
the image name.
8. Click OK to modify the schedule or Cancel to leave the schedule intact.
Accessing Stored Persistent Images
1. Log in to the NAS Manager.
2. Click Maintenance.
3. Click Terminal Services.
4. Log in to a Terminal Services Advanced Client session.
5. If the PowerVault Advanced Administration Menu window is displayed, click Exit, and then click OK to close it.
6. Use Microsoft® Windows® Explorer to navigate to the ActiveArchives directory on the volume root.
Accessing Directories, Folders, and Files
By default, administrators can access the ActiveArchives directory in the root of each volume. Each persistent image is displayed separately with a date and
time stamp showing when the persistent image occurred. The administrator can browse the persistent image as if it were a standard volume. Each persistent
image is mounted as a volume on the file system to allow access by clients. Persistent images are created as read-only or write-only.
Persistent image directories are used in the same way that conventional directories are used. The files and folders in the persistent image directories have the
same permissions as the files and folders on the original volume. All persistent images are persistent and survive system power losses or reboots.
Allowing User Access to Persistent Images
The files and folders within a persistent image are identical to the permissions on the original files and folders. However, by default, the ActiveArchives
directory is restricted to administrator access only. To allow users to access the persistent images, the system administrator must modify the permissions for
the ActiveArchives directory.
Use the NAS Manager to change the ActiveArchives directory permissions by performing the following steps:
1. Log in to the NAS Manager as an administrator.
2. Click Maintenance.
3. Click Terminal Services.
NOTE: To select multiple volumes, press and hold <Ctrl> and select all volumes that are to be included in the persistent image.
NOTE: If volumes are not protected by RAID 1 or RAID 5, or if volumes are frequently being added and removed, it is recommended that you make
persistent images of individual volumes. Because multivolume persistent images are linked to each other, a multivolume persistent image may
become inaccessible if one volume in the multivolume persistent image fails or is removed from the system.
NOTE: Only Windows clients (CIFS) can access Dell ActiveArchive persistent images.
NOTE: The name of the utility that creates persistent images is Dell ActiveArchive. The name of the directory where Dell ActiveArchive persistent images
are stored is ActiveArchive.