HP Storage Mirroring Software - Manual (Page 611)

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Enable periodic snapshots—This option will not be available if you do not meet
snapshot requirements . If you disable or do not have access to snapshots, the data
on the target at the time of a failure will be used.
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Snapshot Interval—By default, a snapshot of the target data is taken every 60
minutes. If desired, increase or decrease the interval between snapshots.
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Start now—If you want to start taking snapshots immediately after the protection is
established, select Start now.
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Start at—If you want to start taking snapshots at a specific data and time, select
Start at and specify the date and time parameters.
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Take Snapshot—If you want to take a snapshot manually (outside of the specified
interval), click Take Snapshot.
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Delete Snapshot—If you no longer want to keep a snapshot, you can delete it by
highlighting the snapshot in the list and clicking Delete Snapshot. To help you
understand the snapshots, use the Type and Status columns. The Status
indicates the state of the connection between the source and target at the time the
snapshot was taken. The Type indicates the kind of snapshot.
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Scheduled—This snapshot was taken as part of a periodic snapshot.
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Deferred—This snapshot was taken as part of a periodic snapshot, although
it did not occur at the specified interval because the connection between the
source and target was not in a good state.
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User Request—This snapshot was taken manually by a user.
Note: The Schedule options at the top of the are the same options from when you
configured protection. If you change the options in one location, they will be
changed in the other location too.
The Existing Snapshots list only contains snapshots from full-server and
application protection workloads. Snapshots from other utilities and tools will not
be listed.