Additional information about creating object replication policy

Virtual Storage Platform One File Administrator User Guide
Version
1.7.x
Audience
anonymous
Part Number
MK-24VSP1F003-10
ft:lastEdition
2026-07-13
The following tables describes the additional information about the settings that are required while creating a object replication policy:
Setting Description
Policy Name
Name Name of the replication policy. The name should not contain spaces or any of the following characters: \/<>"'!@#$%^%&*(){}[] +=?:;,~`|.'
Configure Source
EVS / File System Name of the replication source EVS and file system.
EVS IP Address IP address for the source EVS. The default value for this list is 'Automatically selected'.
Use automatic snapshots Allows the replication to use its default snapshot rule to take and manage snapshots.
Note: If you choose this option, each incremental snapshot is deleted when the next replication runs. Therefore, because the snapshot queue only contains one snapshot, it is recommended that replications are not scheduled too closely together in order to prevent an existing snapshot from being removed before the next replication starts.
Use snapshot rule The source snapshot retention policy can be customized to retain a different number of snapshots on the source file system.
Note: If you choose this option, set the schedule for the snapshot rule so a snapshot is created before the replication runs, to ensure that a new snapshot is available for the replication. A snapshot of the source file system is only taken if the replication policy is configured to use an automatic snapshot rule. If it is using a named rule, the replication will use the latest snapshot created by that rule; it does not take one automatically.
Configure Target (managed server)
Server Name of the server or cluster that hosts the destination file system for the replication policy.
EVS / File System Name of the target EVS and file system.
EVS IP Address IP address for the target EVS. The default value for this list is 'Automatically selected'.
Object Replication Listening Port The port on which the destination server is listening. The default is 59550.
Configure Target (non-managed server)
File Serving IP Address / Host Name Name of the server containing the target EVS and file system.
File System Name of the target file system.
Object Replication Listening Port The port on which the destination server is listening. The default is 59550.
Use automatic snapshots Allows the replication to use its default snapshot rule to take and manage snapshots on the object replication target.
Use snapshot rule Allows the snapshot retention policy to be customized to retain a different number of snapshots on the source and destination.
Schedule
Current Server Date and Time Shows the current date and time of the server.
Immediately Runs the associated policy as soon as the schedule is successfully created.
Scheduled
  • Time of Initial Run: Specify the time, using the 24-hour format (such that 11:59 PM will be entered as 23:59).
  • Date of Initial Run: Specify the date for the first run of the policy. Use the format YYYY/MM/DD (year/month/day), or select the date by clicking the calendar icon to display the calendar.

    When using the calendar control, select the desired day by clicking the link on the day in the calendar. You can change the month and year displayed by clicking the next button or the previous button to move forward or back in one month increments.

Run until Date (Optional) If you do not specify a date for a final run, the policy runs at the interval specified in the Schedule section.
Schedule Type Select one of the options to select a replication schedule type:
  • Based on the scheduled date and time: Select daily, monthly, or weekly based on the scheduled date and time.
  • Runs every: Enter the number of hours or days based on the scheduled date and time.
  • Continuous: Enter the number of hours after which a new replication job starts. The new replication job can start immediately (0 hours), or after pausing a specified number of hours.
  • Once, at the scheduled date and time: Schedules the policy to run only once, at the scheduled Time and Date of Initial Run
  • Inactive: Pauses the replication schedule.
Note: If an excess amount of time elapses between replication runs, snapshots may take up a larger amount of space. By default, replication-defined snapshots are purged after 7 days (configurable to 40 days). Waiting 8 or more days between replication runs could result in a full replication.