Scheduling Automatic Snapshots

You can schedule automatic daily snapshots and a snapshot retention policy for all NEXT3-snapshot-enabled volumes. For an explanation of retention policies, see Understanding Snapshot Retention Policies.

To schedule automatic snapshots

In the Configuration tab's navigation pane, click Storage > Snapshots.
The Storage > Snapshots page appears.
Click Scheduled Snapshots.
The Snapshot Configuration Wizard opens, displaying the Automatic Daily Snapshots dialog box.
Do one of the following:
- To disable automatic scheduled snapshots, choose Disable Automatic Snapshots.
- To enable automatic snapshots every certain number of hours, choose Periodical Snapshots, then use the arrows in the Every field to specify the interval between snapshots, in hours.
- To enable daily automatic snapshots at a certain hour, choose Daily Snapshots, then select the hour at which snapshots should be taken in the Snapshot Time drop-down list.
If you enabled scheduled snapshots, do the following:
1. Click Next.
  The Retention Policy dialog box appears.
2. Complete the fields using the information in the following table.
Click Finish.

In this field...	Do this...
Retention Policy	Select the desired snapshot retention policy: Short. Short-term retention policy. Normal. Medium-term retention policy. Long. Long-term retention policy. Custom. Configure a custom retention policy. The default value is Normal. For an explanation of each policy, see Understanding Snapshot Retention Policies. If you selected Custom, the other fields in the dialog box are enabled, and you can use them to configure a custom retention policy.
Retain all snapshots at least	Type the minimum number of hours that snapshots of any type should be retained. The default value is 24 hours.
Retain daily snapshots	Type the number of daily snapshots that should be retained.
Retain weekly snapshots	Type the number of weekly snapshots that should be retained.
Retain monthly snapshots	Type the number of monthly snapshots that should be retained.
Retain yearly snapshots	Type the number of yearly snapshots that should be retained.

Scheduling Automatic Snapshots

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