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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.

Start now—If you want to start taking snapshots immediately after the full-server
protection is established, select Start now.

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.

Take Snapshot—If you want to take a snapshot manually (outside of the specified
interval), click Take Snapshot.

Delete Snapshot—If you no longer want to keep a snapshot, you can delete it by
highlighting the snapshot in the Existing Snapshots 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 information is displayed in the
following table.

Type

Description

Scheduled This snapshot was taken as part of a periodic snapshot.

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.

User
Request

This snapshot was taken manually by a user.

Note:

The Schedule options at the top of the Snapshot Manager are the same options
from the Configure Protection Protection tab. 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 protection
workloads. Snapshots from other utilities and tools will not be listed.