Hardware manual

Group Administration Advanced volume operations
10–13
Deleting a volume collection
Note: Deleting a volume collection does not delete the volumes in the collection or any snapshots or replicas.
However, the group deletes any schedules for the volume collections.
1. Click
Volumes, then expand Volume Collections, then select the collection, and then click Delete
volume collection.
2. Confirm that you want to delete the collection.
Scheduling volume operations
You can create schedules to automatically perform volume operations at a specific time or on a regular basis (for
example, hourly or daily). For example, you can create a schedule to create snapshots or replicas of a volume or a
volume collection.
Note: Using a schedule can generate a large number of snapshots or replicas, so make sure tha
t you have sufficient
snapshot or replication space. You can set a limit on the maximum number of snapshots or replicas that a
schedule creates.
If a volume is part of a volume collection, make sure a schedule for the collectio
n does not overlap a schedule for
the volume.
Restriction: Yo
u cannot use manual transfer replication with a replication schedule.
You cannot schedule a snapshot or replication operation for a template volume.
Schedule attributes
Table 10-2 describes the schedule attributes. The first column lists attributes, and the second column describes
them. You set the attribute values when you create a schedule. Yo
u can later modify the schedule and change the
values, if you want.
Table 10-2: Schedule Attributes
Attribute Description
Name Identifies the schedule for administrati
ve purposes. Up to 63 ASCII characters. The schedule name must be
unique in the group.
Type Type of schedule, either snapshot or replication.
Enabled or
di
sab
led
Whether you want to enable (run) or disable the schedule.
Frequency How often the schedule runs (once, hourly, or daily).
For one-time schedules, you can specify the day and time when the schedule runs.
For hourly schedules, you can specify the start and end date, the time when the schedule runs, and how
often th
e schedule runs (from 5 minutes to 12 hours apart).
For daily schedules, you can specify the start and end date, how often the schedule runs (from every day to
every 100
days), the time when the schedule runs, and how often during the day the schedule runs (from 5
minutes to 12 hours apart).