Scheduling Snapshots - Dell PowerVault MD3260 Cli Manual

Scheduling Snapshots

You can use the enableSchedule and the schedule parameters to schedule automatic snapshots. 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
immediate
startDate
scheduleDay
startTime
scheduleInterval
endDate
noEndDate
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Description
Begins a snapshot operation immediately; a snapshot
virtual disk is created and a copy-on-write operation
begins.
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.
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.
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.
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
copy-on-write operations because of the duration of a
copy operation. You can ensure that copy-on-write
operations maintain a correct interval by using this option.
The maximum value for the scheduleInterval option
is 1440 minutes. For example:
scheduleInterval=180.
Specific date to stop creating a snapshot virtual disk and
end the copy-on-write operations. The format is
MM:DD:YY, where MM is the month, DD the day and YY
the year. For example: endDate=11:26:11.
Use this option to prevent a scheduled copy-on-write
operation from ending. If you later decide to end the copy-
on-write operations, you must re-enter the create