This page provides details into the command line options for running snapshot policies for CopyStorm in headless mode. This feature was introduced as part of the 10.65.1 GA release of CopyStorm. For more information regarding running snapshot policies, see here.
The command line functionality mirrors the same options and functionality as seen in the CopyStorm application using the "Run Snapshot Rules Now" option including:
Start and end date ranges for records to snapshot
Number of concurrent searches (number of objects snapshot in parallel)
Search batch size
Snapshot per batch
This example is for Windows installations of CopyStorm. For Linux/Mac installations, change CopyStorm.bat to CopyStorm.sh
snapshot
The name of the snapshot to run
Yes
N/A
./CopyStorm.bat -snapshot "Default Point In Time" "/path/to/config.copyStorm" -snapshotThreads 5 -snapshotSearchBatchSize 5000 -snapshotWriteBatchSize 5000 -snapshotScanRecordsFrom "2020-01-01" -snapshotScanRecordsThru "2025-01-01"snapshotThreads
The number of objects to snapshot in parallel
No
10
snapshotSearchBatchSize
The read batch size from the database for candidate records
No
1000
snapshotWriteBatchSize
The write batch size to the database for found candidate records
No
1000
snapshotScanRecordsFrom
The date to start scanning records from (i.e. 2020-01-01)
No
Empty
snapshotScanRecordsThru
The date to end scanning records from (i.e. 2025-01-01)
No
Empty