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Dell TimeFinder software delivers point-in-time copies of volumes that can be used for backups, decision support, data warehouse refreshes, recovery from logical corruption, or any other process that requires parallel access to production data.
SnapVX provides low-impact snapshots and clones. SnapVX supports up to 1,024 snapshots per source volume. The snapshots are tracked as versions with less overhead and simple relationship tracking. Users can assign names to identify their snapshots and can set automatic expiration dates on each snapshot.
SnapVX can manage consistent point-in-time copies for storage groups with a single operation. Up to 1,024 target volumes can be linked per source volume, providing read/write access as pointers or full-copy clones.
This section shows how you can use these PowerMax modules for automating snapshot operations:
dellemc.PowerMax.snapshot
dellemc.PowerMax.snapshotpolicy
dellemc.PowerMax.storagegroup