View snapshot policies dashboard

The Snapshot policy feature provides snapshot orchestration at scale (1,024 snaps per storage group). The feature simplifies snapshot management for snapshots.

About this task

See Understanding Snapshot policy for an overview of the snapshot policies functionality.

The snapshot policies dashboard is a card dashboard from which you can view all snapshot policies, the number of associated storage groups and their snapshot policy compliance status from a high level. The system is shipped with default policies.

Steps

  1. Select a storage system that supports snapshot policies.
  2. Select Data Protection > Snapshot Policies.
  3. Optional: If there are no existing snapshot policies, click Create Snapshot Policy to create one.
  4. Optional: Click An icon of six squares in a card view to display the snapshot policy view in card view format.
  5. Optional: Click An icon of three squares in a list view to display the snapshot policy view in list view format.
  6. View the following parameters displayed in each snapshot policy panel:
    • Snapshot policy name
    • Number of associated storage groups and their associated compliance status. Clicking any of the numbers results in the display of the snapshot policy storage group list view.
    • Snapshot policy schedule summary
    • Indication of suspended status if applicable
  7. Click An icon of a bell to view the alerts.
  8. Click An icon of a pencil to modify the snapshot policy.
  9. Optional: Click Create Snapshot Policy to create a snapshot policy.
  10. Click An icon showing three dots arranged in a vertical row, signifying a menu with more options to access extra controls.
    The following controls are available: