Users Guide

The VM Selection page opens.

5. Select the virtual machine to use to access the recovered data.

6. Click Next.

The Ready to Complete page opens.

7. Click Finish.

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Replay Selection

VM Selection

Creating and Managing FluidFS NAS Volume Snapshots

and Snapshot Schedules

Storage Centers present a certain amount of capacity (a NAS pool, composed of NAS volumes) to the

Dell Fluid File System (FluidFS) cluster. When you create an NFS datastore (see Creating and Managing

NFS Datastores), an associated NAS volume is created in the FluidFS cluster. The path of the NFS Export

folder corresponds with the NAS volume and is mounted on the ESXi host.

The vSphere Web Client Plugin allows you to create and manage snapshots (similar to Replays) of NAS

volumes associated with an NFS datastore, and set a schedule for taking, retaining, and deleting the

snapshots.

About FluidFS NAS Volume Snapshots

NAS volume snapshots are point-in-time copies of a NAS volume and are available for data recovery. NAS

volume snapshots are similar to VMFS Replays, except that Replays are mounted as VMFS datastores and

snapshots are mounted as NFS datastores. The first snapshot taken contains contents of the entire NAS

volume. All snapshots created after that baseline represent only the changes made since the previous

snapshot.

Using the Dell Storage vSphere Web Client Plugin, you can:

• Create a snapshot for an associated NAS volume for the corresponding NFS datastore

• Display all available snapshots of the associated NAS volume

• Modify the snapshot name and expiration date

• Select and delete one or more snapshots

About FluidFS NAS Volume Snapshot Schedules

NAS volume snapshot schedules let you take snapshots at regular intervals (for example, hourly or daily)

to provide a complete view of your file system over time.

Using the Dell Storage vSphere Web Client Plugin, you can:

• Create a schedule that specifies the snapshot schedule name, frequency of snapshots taken, and

retention time. Frequency and retention can be in minutes, hours, days, or weeks.

• Select and change the snapshot schedule name, frequency, and retention time

• Select and delete a snapshot schedule

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