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Templates

The S1 system makes it easy to provision storage by allowing you to create templates for applications, volumes, and snapshots. Templates are pre-defined sets of settings that can be used to quickly and easily create new storage resources. Once a template is created, it can be reused to create multiple storage resources with the same configurations. This can save time and ensure that the new resources are consistent.

To create new template for applications instance, select Templates admin from the side menu.

Listing application templates

To display a table list of application instance templates, select List from the top menu.

  • Names: To filter the table by application instance template name.
  • Desc: To display a description of application instance templates.
  • CG: To display consistency groups within the context of application instances.
  • Vols: To display volumes within the context of application instances.
  • Submit: To display the table using the settings.

The table of application instance templates also supports on-the-fly filtering operations.

Creating a new application instance template

To create a new application instance template, select Create from the top menu.

  • Application: Enter a name of your choice to name the application instance template.
  • Description: A free textbox to describe the application instance template.
  • Submit: To create the application instance using the settings.

Editing application templates

To edit an application instance template, select Edit from the top menu.

  • Application: To select the name of the application instance template to edit.
  • Newname: To rename the application instance template.
  • Description: To edit the Description of the application instance template.
  • Submit: To apply the edit using the settings.

Deleting application instance templates

To delete an application instance template, select Delete from the top menu.

  • Name: To select an application instance template for deleting.
  • Submit: To delete the application instance template.

Application volume templates

To manage and create new templates for logical volumes, select Templates admin > Volumes admin.

Listing application volume templates

To display a table list of application volume templates, select List from the top menu.

  • Name: To filter the table by application instance template name.
  • Desc: When selected, the table displays application instance template description.
  • CG: When selected, the table displays consistency groups associated with the application instance templates.
  • Submit: To display the table using the settings.

The table of application volume templates also supports on-the-fly filtering operations.

Creating new a application volume template

To create an application volume templates, select Create from the top menu.

  • Application: To select an application instance template.
  • Volume: Free textbox to enter a name of your choice for the application volume template.

The rest of the fields are identical to those in “Creating a logical volume”.

Editing application volume templates

To edit an application volume templates, select Edit from the top menu.

  • Application: To select an application instance template.
  • Volume: To select the application volume template to edit.
  • Rename: To rename the application volume template.

The rest of the fields are identical to those described in the “Creating a logical volume”.

Deleting application volume templates

To delete an application volume template, select Delete from the top menu.

  • Application: To select an application instance template.
  • Volumes: Multiple selection of application volume templates from the previously selected application instance template.
  • Submit: To delete the selected application volume templates.

Snapshots

The S1 system allows you to associate snapshot templates with each of the consistency group that are associated with an application volume template.

To associate snapshot template with application volume template, select Snapshots from the side menu.

  • Application: To select an application instance template.
  • CGID: To select a consistency group ID that is associated with one of the application volume templates.
  • Volume: To select an application volume template. The system allows the selection of either CGID or Volume, but not both. Notice that snapshot are always associated with a consistency group. When Volume is selected, the snapshot is associated with the consistency group of the selected application volume template.
  • Frequency: To enter a positive integer representing the time interval between snapshots.
  • Retention: To enter the time interval, starting from the snapshot creation, for keeping the snapshot. Notice that the value of Retention must be greater than the value of Frequency.
  • Add More: To add more recovery point objective.
  • Remove: To remove recovery point objectives.
  • Submit: To associate the snapshot with the consistency group using the settings.
Last updated on 29 May 2023
Published on 6 Mar 2023