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--- fester112:snapshots [2016/06/11 14:36] – external edit A User Not Logged in
+++ fester112:snapshots [2019/05/27 11:51] (current) – Update for FreeNAS 11.2 dan
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 If you want to set up a periodic snapshot here is how.
-Go to the “Storage” page (1) and click on the “Periodic Snapshot Tasks” button (2).
+Click "Tasks" in the left column, then "Periodic Snapshot Tasks".
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-Click on the “Add Periodic Snapshot” button.
+Click on the “Add” button.
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 A new window should now pop up.
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 Fester wants 1 snapshot to be taken every day between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 1:00am in the morning. The server should not be busy at that time (unlike Fester who can be found in the nearest Discotheque in black crush velvet flares and a tangerine orange shirt (with matching cravat) dancing the night away, or as the manager refers to it “frightening the customers”, cheeky sod!).
-  * Select the volume or dataset you want from the “Volume/Dataset:” drop down selection box (1) (in Fester’s case this was **Tank1**).
+  * Select the pool or dataset you want from the “Pool/Dataset:” drop down selection box (in Fester’s case this was **tank**).
-  * Put a tick in the “Recursive:” tick box (2).
+  * Put a tick in the “Recursive” tick box.  **Important:** A recursive snapshot includes snapshots of all the "child" datasets within the pool or dataset you selected above.  If the Recursive box is not ticked, this snapshot task **will not** include child datasets.
-  * Determine how long you want the system to keep the snapshot before deleting it by typing a number into the “Lifetime” text box and then selecting the duration unit from hours, days, weeks, months, etc from the drop down selection box (3) (Fester’s snapshot will last 2 weeks before the system deletes it).
+  * Determine how long you want the system to keep the snapshot before deleting it by typing a number into the “Lifetime” text box and then selecting the duration unit from hours, days, weeks, months, etc from the drop down selection box (Fester’s snapshot will last 2 weeks before the system deletes it).
-  * Select the time after which the system will allow a snapshot to be taken in the “Begin:” drop down selection box (4).
+  * Select the time after which the system will allow a snapshot to be taken in the “Begin” drop down selection box.
-  * Select the cut off time after which the system is prohibited from making a snapshot from the “End:” drop down selection box (5).
+  * Select the cut off time after which the system is prohibited from making a snapshot from the “End” drop down selection box.
-  * Select the minimum interval between snapshots from the “Interval:” drop down selection box (6).
+  * Select the minimum interval between snapshots from the “Interval” drop down selection box.
-  * Next put a tick next to every day of the week in the “Weekday:” section (7).
+  * Next put a tick next to every day of the week in the “Day of week” section.  By default only weekdays are checked, not weekend days.
-  * Make sure the snapshot is enabled by ticking the “Enabled:” tick box (8).
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-  * Now click the “OK” button (9).
+  * Make sure the snapshot is enabled by ticking the “Enabled” tick box.
+  * Now click the “Save” button.
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 An entry should be created in the Periodic Snapshot Tasks window and you should see something like this.
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 That’s periodic snapshots done.