Users Guide

9. Click Finish to set the schedule.

Snapshots of the NAS volume will be taken and retained according to the values set by the schedule. You

can revise the schedule values as needed. For information, see Editing NAS Volume Snapshot Schedules.

If you want to take an immediate (on-demand) snapshot, see Creating NAS Volume Snapshots.

Viewing NAS Volume Snapshots and Schedules

After creating snapshots or snapshot schedules, you can view summary information about all snapshots

or schedules from the Monitor tab under Dell Storage.

Viewing Snapshots From the Monitor Tab

Follow these steps to view summary information about all snapshots taken for the selected NAS volume.

Steps

1. Select an NFS datastore in inventory.

The vSphere Web Client Plugin loads information for the selected datastore.

NOTE: If summary information does not display for the selected NFS datastore, verify that you

provided correct credentials for the vCenter server and Enterprise Manager configuration.

2. Click the Monitor tab.

3. Select Dell Storage from the menu bar.

The NFS datastore and associated volume are shown in the table, and the General tab is selected by

default.

4. Click the Snapshot tab.

The vSphere Web Client Plugin lists all snapshots for the NAS volume, and displays the creation time,

expiration date, number of clones (if any), and size of the snapshot.

Figure 12. Monitor Tab Showing All Snapshots for the Selected NAS Volume shows an example of a NAS

volume with three snapshots taken.

Figure 12. Monitor Tab Showing All Snapshots for the Selected NAS Volume

Next steps

You can also view all snapshot schedules from the Monitor tab. See Viewing Schedules From the Monitor

Tab.

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