Hi,
I have a volume accessed via CIFS with local (hourly/daily/weekly/monthly) snapshots, VSM and then SV. This is a "normal" dataset, not an application dataset like what snapcreator or the various snapdrives will create. VSM happens every 15 mins. The SV schedule in the protection policy is configured to run 1 hour after the primary snapshots are created (including offset for timezone differences) for each daily/weekly/monthly.
My question is about the snapshot that is used to update the SV on the final leg of the cascade. Since I plan to start deleting data on the primary side after the local snapshot is complete via a post script it is important that the SV happens from the snapshot and not the active filesystem. The post script will only trigger on monthly snaps, and since the monthly SV copies will be used for long term storage and compliance the data that was deleted in the post-script must be present in the SV snapshot.
How does protection manager pick which snapshot to use when updating a SV destination from a VSM source?
Thanks,
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Chris