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Version: 2.9

View cloud snapshot clusters in Portworx Central on-premises

Cloud snapshots reside on your cloud storage accounts. Thus, you must configure Portworx Central to access and display them.

Prerequisites​

Display the list of your cloud snapshots in Portworx Central on-premises​

  1. From the PX-Central home page, select the Lighthouse icon.

    Select the Lighthouse icon

  2. Select your cluster to navigate to the cluster details page.

    Select your cluster

  3. Select the Switch to Cloud Snapshots button.

    Select the cloud snapshots button

  4. Select Cluster settings drop-down menu at the top-right > Manage Credentials.

    Manage cloud credentials

  5. From the Manage Credentials page, select the + Add icon.

    Select Add button

  6. From the Add New Credential window, select a cloud type from the Cloud drop-down list, enter the details of your cloud account at the expanded prompt, and then select the Create button.

  7. Select a cloud type from the Cloud Type radio group, enter the details of your cloud account at the expanded prompt, and then click the Submit button.

Adding your cloud storage credentials to Portworx Central displays a list of your cloud snapshots located on cloud storage:

Manage cluster schedule policy​

This section explains how you can add, remove, and edit cluster schedule policies.

To add a cluster schedule policy:

  1. From the cluster details page, select the Cloud settings drop-down menu > Schedule Policies.

    Cloud settings select Schedule Policies

  2. In the Manage Schedule Policies page, click the + Add button.

    Manage Schedule Policies page select Add button

  3. In the Add Schedule Policy page, enter a name for the schedule policy and select a schedule type (Weekly, Periodic, Daily, Monthly) from the Type drop-down list.

    Enter Schedule Policies details

  4. Click the Create button.

The added schedule policy appears in the Manage Schedule Policies page.

Reset schedule policy​

You can reset the schedule policy type selection by selecting the - Remove button:

Select Remove button

Edit schedule policy​

You can edit an existing schedule policy to change its values, and update it.

To edit a schedule policy:

  1. From the Manage Schedule Policies page, select Edit from the vertical menu options available on a schedule policy.

    Edit schedule policy

  2. In the Edit Schedule Policy page, modify the existing schedule type selection and click Update.

note

You cannot edit the schedule policy name.

Delete schedule policy​

You can delete a schedule policy if it is no longer required or if you want to create a fresh one:

Delete SP

note

Before deleting the schedules ensure that the associated scheduled backups are restored to avoid any data loss.