Scheduling Snapshot copies

Create a Snapshot copy schedule to ensure that SnapDrive creates Snapshot copies at intervals appropriate to your environment.

About this task

Steps

1. Create a batch file (a file with a .bat extension) containing the following command on the Windows host on which you are scheduling Snapshot copies:

   sdcli snap create [-m MachineName] -s SnapshotName -D DriveLetterList [. . .] [-x]

   MachineName is the name of the Windows host on which the command will be executed. If no machine name is specified, the command is executed on the local machine.

   SnapshotName is the name of the Snapshot copy to be created.

   DriveLetterList is a list of space-separated drive letters.

   When -x flag is specified, Snapshot copies are created only for the drives specified by the -D flag. Otherwise, Snapshot copies are created for all the disks on the storage system volumes used by the listed drives.

   Example

   sdcli snap create -s Jun_13_07 -D j k l

   The preceding example creates a Snapshot copy named Jun_13_07 for each volume containing one or more of the LUNs mapped to the specified drives (that is, J:, K:, and L:). The Snapshot copies created are consistent for all LUNs contained by those volumes.

2. Select Start Menu > Settings > Control Panel > Scheduled Tasks.
3. Double-click Add Scheduled Task.

   The Scheduled Task Wizard is launched.

4. In the Scheduled Task Wizard, click Next.
5. Click Browse, and locate the batch (.bat) file you created in Step 1.
6. Select the batch file and click Open.
7. In the next panel, select from the list of frequencies, then click Next.
8. In the next panel, type a start time and complete the detailed frequency parameters. The option details displayed on this panel vary depending on the Snapshot copy frequency you picked in the previous panel.
9. In the next panel, type the user name (the administrator account name and password, repeated for confirmation), then click Next.
10. Click Finish.

Result