Snapshot Volume Assignment panel details

Use the Quick Recovery wizard Snapshot Volume Assignment panel to configure settings for the snapshot set.

The following table describes the settings you configure for the snapshot set.

Table: Configuration settings for the snapshot set

Snapshot set

In the box under the Snapshot Set column heading, optionally edit the snapshot set name. If you edit the name, ensure that the name is unique among all snapshot sets for all databases.

If you are modifying an existing schedule, the snapshot set name cannot be changed.

XML Metadata File Name

Specify a name for the XML file that will be associated with the snapshot set. This file is used for recovery, so you may want to assign a name to easily identify it for that purpose. Ensure that the XML file for each snapshot set has a unique name.

If you are modifying an existing schedule, the XML file name cannot be changed.

Mirror Preparation Time

Click Edit and in the Mirror Preparation dialog box, specify the date and time for mirror preparation and click OK.

Preparing the snapshot mirrors slows down performance, so you may want to choose a time of low usage.

Snapshot Disks

Assign one or more disks to each snapshot volume. Click the icon next to the disk column to select from available disks and to select a concatenated or striped volume layout.

Mount

Optionally, click Set to set a drive letter or mount path.

The drive letter specified may not be available when the snapshot operation is performed. When this occurs, the snapshot operation is performed, but no drive letter is assigned.

File path for snapshot XML file

File path for the snapshot XML files. The path specified applies to all the snapshot sets that you are currently creating, for all currently selected databases. If the field is not editable, you are modifying an existing snapshot set schedule, so the value cannot be changed.

For a non-clustered environment, the default location is:

SystemDrive:\ProgramData\VERITAS\VSSXML\application name

If a redirect.txt file has been created, the path in that file is shown in the field.

For new schedules for a clustered server environment, if there is no redirect.txt file, the field is empty. Enter the Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path to a location on shared storage, for example: \\ServerName\SharedFolderName.

For Exchange 2010 configured in a VCS cluster, you can store the snapshot set metadata file in a file share path by configuring a file share resource. This is to avoid configuring extra shared volumes to store the snapshot set file, which is available once the mailbox database fails over. You can also specify the file share path in the redirect.txt file.

Ensure that you use a consistent location. That way, you can easily find the XML metadata file, which is required for recovery.