HP LeftHand P4000 Virtual SAN Appliance Software - Manual (Page 11)

Table 4 Scheduled Remote Copy planning checklist
Characteristic Configuration category
Scheduled snapshot
Start time •
Start date (mm/dd/yyyy) for the schedule to begin
• Start time (mm:hh:ss) for the schedule to begin
Recurrence •
Recurrence is a yes or no choice. Do you want to take
a remote snapshot one time in the future and not have
it recur, or do you want a remote snapshot to be taken
on a regular schedule?
•
Frequency (minutes, hours, days, or weeks) determines
the interval between recurring, scheduled, remote
snapshots.
Primary setup
Select one of the following options: Retention
•
Maximum number of snapshots (#)
•
Set period of time (minutes, hours, days, or weeks)
Remote setup
The management group that contains the remote snapshot Management group
The remote volume for the remote snapshots Volume
Select one of the following options: Retention
•
Maximum number of snapshots. This number equals
completed snapshots only. In-progress snapshots take
additional space on the cluster while copying. Also, the
system will not delete the last fully synchronized
snapshot. For space calculations, figure n+2 where
n
=maximum number of snapshots.
• Set period of time (minutes, hours, days or weeks)
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