Periodic Snapshot Tasks Screens
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The Data Protection screen Periodic Snapshot Task widget displays periodic snapshot tasks created on the system. A periodic snapshot task allows scheduling the creation of read only versions of pools and datasets at a given point in time.
Periodic snapshot tasks display the machine time, browser time, or both depending on individual user timezone settings. Users can update timezone settings by utilizing the General Settings screen.
The Periodic Snapshot Task widget displays a list of tasks configured on the system.
If a periodic snapshot task is not yet configured No Periodic Snapshot Task configured displays in the widget.
The Periodic Snapshot Task header opens the Periodic Snapshot Task screen.
Add opens the Add Periodic Snapshot Task screen.
VMware Snapshot Integration opens the VMware Snapshots screen.
Snapshots opens the Snapshots screen.
The vertical ellipses
icon at the right of the task on the Periodic Task Widget opens a dropdown menu with thow task options: Edit and Delete.The
Delete opens a delete dialog. Confirm activates the Delete. Delete deletes the saved periodic snapshot task.Edit opens the Edit Periodic Snapshot Task screen.
State show the status of the next cloud sync task, and when clicked, opens a Logs window for that task.
Download Logs saves a copy of the current task logs.
Periodic snapshot tasks show on both the Periodic Snapshot Task widget on the Data Protection screen and the Periodic Snapshot Tasks screen.
Add opens the Add Periodic Snapshot Task screen.
The Columns dropdown list shows options to customize the list view. Options are Select All, Recursive, Naming Schema, When, Frequency, Next Run, Keep snapshot for, VMWare Sync, Enabled, State, and Reset to Defaults.
State shows the current state of the task.
The
expand icon at the right of the task opens the details for the selected task.Edit opens the Edit Periodic Snapshot Task screen.
Delete opens the delete dialog that removes the task from the system.
The Add Periodic Snapshot Task and Edit Periodic Snapshot Task show the same settings.
Dataset settings show on both the add and edit configuration screens.