When configured for archiving, SnapManager creates remote backups after it creates local backups. SnapManager sends certain information like the local backup version, the local backup management group, and the list of backup LUNs to SnapDrive before the remote backup operation can take place.
The version number acts as both the timestamp and locator for the backup copy during a restore operation.
The local management groups can be standard, daily, and weekly.
The remote management groups can be hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, and unlimited. The default management group is daily.
If you select the hourly management group for remote backup, SnapManager shows a message that conveys that hourly archived backups are deleted the next time the Protection Manager monitoring service runs.
SnapManager uses the unique backup naming convention for archives created on secondary storage. In the Backup wizard, if you configure a dataset and the archival process starts, SnapManager does not change the generic backup naming convention to the unique backup naming convention. If you select to keep generic naming, no archives are created.
If the backup naming convention is generic and you archive the backup, SnapManager provides options to either continue to archive to secondary storage with the unique naming convention, or to disable archiving and continue the local backup operations with generic naming convention.