Setting up application-consistent snapshots
Snapshot settings are located under Configure > Data Protection: Snapshots.
Core integrates with the snapshot capabilities of the storage array. You can configure snapshot settings, schedules, and hosts directly through the Core Management Console, or through the command line using the storage snapshot policy modify and storage host-info commands.
1. Define the storage array details for the snapshot configuration. Before you can configure snapshot schedules, application-consistent snapshots, or proxy backup servers for specific LUNs, you must specify for Core the details of the storage array, such as IP address, type, protocol, and so on.
2. Define snapshot schedule policies. You define snapshot schedules as policies that you can apply later to snapshot configurations for specific LUNs. After applied, snapshots are automatically taken based on the parameters set by the snapshot schedule policy. Snapshot schedule policies can specify weekly, daily, or day-specific schedules. Additionally, you can specify the total number of snapshots to retain.
3. Define snapshot host credentials. You define snapshot host settings as storage host credentials that you can apply later to snapshot configurations for specific LUNs.