IBM Storwize Snapshot Rule Tasks

This chapter contains the following sections:

Create IBM Storwize Snapshot Rule

Summary
Create IBM Storwize Snapshot Rule
Description
This task is used to create a snapshot rule. The rule is used to manage the creation and retention of snapshots for a file system or an independent file set. Dependent file sets do not have snapshots.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Select Account Name Choose an IBM Storwize account account​Name Y
Name Enter the name of the snapshot rule gen_​text_​input Y
Frequency Choose a frequency type ibm​Storwize​Snapshot​Rule​Frequency​Type Y
Hours Choose one or more hours at which to create the snapshot ibm​Storwize​Mutiple​Hour​Identity Y
Minute Enter a minute value gen_​text_​input Y
Minutes of the hour Choose one or more minutes at which to create the snapshot ibm​Storwize​Minutes​Of​The​Hour​Identity Y
Days of the week Choose the day of the week at which to create the snapshot ibm​Storwize​Snapshot​Rule​Days​Of​The​Week Y
Days of the week Choose one or more days of the week at which to create the snapshot ibm​Storwize​Mutiple​Days​Of​Week​Identity Y
Days of the Month Choose the day of the month at which to create the snapshot ibm​Storwize​Snapshot​Rule​Days​Of​Month Y
Days of the Month Choose one or more days of the month at which to create the snapshot ibm​Storwize​Mutiple​Days​Of​Month​Identity Y
Time of day Choose the time of the day at which to create the snapshot ibm​Storwize​Snapshot​Rule​Time​Of​Day Y
Retention For each past time period, enter the maximum number of snapshots to be kept for this snapshot rule.​
Hours Enter the hour of the day gen_​text_​input
Days Enter the day of the month gen_​text_​input
Weeks Enter the day of the week gen_​text_​input
Months Enter the month of the year gen_​text_​input
Prefix Enter the prefix gen_​text_​input
Outputs
Output Description Type
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​SNAPSHOT_​RULE_​IDENTITY Output of snapshot rule identity ibm​Storage​Snapshot​Rule​Identity
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​ACCOUNT_​NAME Output of infra account name account​Name
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​DATACENTER Output of datacenter name on which selected operation was performed datacenter​Name

Delete IBM Storwize Snapshot Rule

Summary
Delete IBM Storwize Snapshot Rule
Description
This task is used to delete the selected snapshot rule.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Snapshot Rule Choose an IBM Storwize snapshot set to be deleted ibm​Storage​Snapshot​Rule​Identity Y
Deleting the above snapshot rule deletes any snapshots or associations related to the selected rule.​ Do you want to continue?
Outputs
Output Description Type
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​SNAPSHOT_​RULE_​IDENTITY Output of snapshot rule identity ibm​Storage​Snapshot​Rule​Identity
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​ACCOUNT_​NAME Output of infra account name account​Name
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​SNAPSHOT_​RULE_​NAME Output of snapshot rule name gen_​text_​input
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​DATACENTER Output of datacenter name on which selected operation was performed datacenter​Name