Release Notes

59 Dell Virtual Storage Manager: Installation Considerations and Local Data Protection | 2079-BP-V-VSM
Groups of virtual machines can be protected though the use of virtual machine folders. To create a snapshot schedule
for a VSM:
1. From the virtual machine or virtual machine folder context sensitive menu, or its Actions dropdown menu,
select All Dell VSM Actions > Snapshot Schedules.
Or with the object selected, click Dell VSM from the Manage tab, click Snapshot Schedules, and then the Add
Schedule icon .
2. On the Add Snapshot Schedule dialogue, edit the provided name if needed (the default VSM provides a name
based off the snapshot target).
3. Select the desired scheduling frequency.
4. Under the Advanced section, the following additional options are available:
- Include volumes accessed by guest iSCSI initiators: This option requires the virtual machine to be
powered on and VMware Tools installed. At the time of the snapshot, VSM will detect if an iSCSI within
the guest volume is attached to the virtual machine and snapshot that volume with the virtual machine.
- Preform virtual machine dump: This option will include the contents of the virtual machine memory with
the snapshot.
- Ignore unsupported datastores: If a virtual machine includes a virtual disk located on an unsupported
datastore, such as a local datastore, VSM will not attempt to include it in the snapshot.