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Scheduled Snapshot Creation

Scenarios

This section describes how to create a snapshot for a desktop periodically.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the console.
  2. In the navigation pane, choose Tasks > Scheduled Tasks.

    The Scheduled Tasks page is displayed.

  3. Click Create Scheduled Task in the upper right corner of the page.

    The Create Scheduled Task page is displayed.

  4. Configure a scheduled task.

    • Task Type: Select Snapshot creation.
      • The snapshot feature of Huawei Cloud Workspace is currently in open beta test (OBT) and is free of charge. This feature will be charged in the future.
      • A maximum of 10 snapshot creation records can be saved for each desktop, including those created on the console and those created by end users.
      • Rebuilding the system disk, deleting a desktop, or deleting a disk will automatically delete the snapshots of the desktop.
    • Task Name: This parameter is user-defined.
    • Snapshots Apply To
      • System disks and data disks: A snapshot is created for both the system disk and data disks.
      • System disks only: A snapshot is created only for the system disk.
      • Data disks only: A snapshot is created only for the data disks.
    • Execution Interval: You can select one of the following intervals:
      • Specified time: The time is accurate to seconds.
      • By day: You can specify Time, Executed Once Per, and Expires At.
      • By week: You can specify Weekday, Time, and Expires At.
      • By month: You can specify Month, Day, Time, and Expires At.
    • Time Zone: The local time zone is selected by default.
    • Description: This parameter is optional and user-defined.

  5. Determine whether to notify users.

    • Yes: Set Earlier Than Scheduled Task to a value ranging from 1 to 10,080 minutes. Enter the notification, which can only be text in 1 to 400 characters.
    • No: Perform 6.

      Notification messages are available only for Windows.

  6. Click Next: Select Object.

    The page for selecting target objects is displayed.

  7. Select target objects as required. The objects include all desktops, desktop, desktop pool, and desktop tag.

    You can search for desktops in batches by entering multiple filter criteria. Use commas (,) to separate multiple values, for example, Desktop1,Desktop2,Desktop3.

  8. Click Create Now.
Parent topic: Scheduled Tasks