Adaptec 5325301638 Administration Guide - Page 74

Coordinating Snapshot and Backup Operations depending on the number of files in the volume.) For example, assuming you schedule nightly backups for a heavily used volume at 3:00 a.m., you might schedule the snapshot of the volume to run every day at 2:30 a.m., allowing half an hour for the snapshot to run to completion. 2 If necessary, create a share for each volume with snapshot share enabled. In the Administration Tool, begin by navigating to the Security > Shares screen, and then click Create Share. Select the volume and click Continue. Then, to create a share to the volume itself (on the root), simply accept the default path by clicking Use Current Path. Finally, be sure to select Create Snapshot Share. 3 Set the backup software to archive the latest version of the snapshot. The Snap Server makes it easy to configure your backup software to automatically archive the most recent snapshot. Simply configure your backup software to copy the contents of the latest directory within the snapshot share you created at the root of the volume. For example, assume the snapshot share named SHARE1_SNAP contains the following four directories: latest 2003-12-25.120000 2004-01-01.000100 2004-01-07.020100 Each directory inside the snapshot share represents a different snapshot. The directory names reflect the date and time the snapshot was created. However, the latest directory always points to the latest snapshot (in this case, 2003-0107.020100, or January 7th, 2003, at 2:01 a.m.). In this case, configuring the backup software to copy from \SHARE1_SNAP\latest ensures that the most recently created snapshot is always archived. 60 Snap Server Administrator Guide