Backup Volume Wizard

This help page is one of a set of related help pages that explain the tasks that you can complete using the SNM2 wizards.  It provides information to guide you through the features and basic operations of the Backup Your Volume Wizard.  The Backup Your Volume wizard is used to set up the primary (source) and secondary (target) volumes for a volume backup operation.  It contains six screens as described below.  Click the links to display the specific information about each screen.

Introduction  > Select Primary Volume  >  Prepare Secondary Volume  >   Set Pair Parameters  >  Confirm  >  Finish

Introduction

This screen explains the purpose of the Backup Your Volume wizard and briefly describes the steps to use it..

Select Primary Volume      (back to top)

Use this screen  to select the volume that will be copied.

Prepare Secondary Volume      (back to top)

Use this screen to set up the volume to which the data will be copied.

Set Pair Parameters      (back to top)

Use this screen to enter the settings for the volume pairs.

Optional Settings      (back to top)

The Optional Settings screens displays a set of parameters that are set by default.

To use the default settings, click Next to continue to the Confirm screen.  Otherwise, edit the settings as desired and then click Next to continue to the Conform screen.

Confirm      (back to top)

The Confirm dialog box is divided into four pages, one for each of the settings dialog boxes described above..  View the settings on each page and click Next> to view the next page or <Back to go back to the desired screen to change settings.

 

NOTE: You cannot change settings on the confirmation screens.  You must go back to the original screens to make changes.

After you have reviewed all of the confirmation pages, click Confirm on the third conformation page to save the settings. Depending on the communication speed and network activity, it make take a several seconds to save the settings. When the settings are saved, the wizard displays the Finish screen.

Finish      (back to top)

In the Finish screen, click Finish to close the initial setup wizard and return to the Array window.

 

See Also   (back to top)

The following topics within this online help provide information that may be helpful in understanding the information on this page, and/or may provide additional information that is related, but not required to understand this topic.

   Add Array Wizard

   Initial Setup Wizard

   Overview of all the SNM2 wizards

   Getting Started