Before Using Snapshot CLI Commands.............................................................................................52
Snapshot Images And Groups............................................................................................................ 52
Snapshot Groups And Snapshot Consistency Groups...................................................................... 53
Snapshot Groups...........................................................................................................................53
Snapshot Consistency Groups......................................................................................................53
Understanding Snapshot Repositories...............................................................................................54
Snapshot Consistency Group Repositories..................................................................................54
Consistency Groups And Remote Replication.................................................................................. 54
Creating Snapshot Images..................................................................................................................55
Creating A Snapshot Image.......................................................................................................... 55
Deleting A Snapshot Image...........................................................................................................55
Creating A Consistency Group Snapshot Virtual Disk................................................................. 56
Creating A Consistency Group Snapshot Image..........................................................................57
Deleting A Snapshot Virtual Disk Or A Consistency Group Snapshot Virtual Disk..................... 57
Deleting A Consistency Group Snapshot Image..........................................................................57
Scheduling Snapshot Images........................................................................................................58
Starting, Stopping And Resuming A Snapshot Rollback..............................................................58
Creating A Snapshot Group..........................................................................................................59
Deleting A Snapshot Group..........................................................................................................60
Reviving A Snapshot Group..........................................................................................................60
Creating A Consistency Group.....................................................................................................60
Deleting A Consistency Group......................................................................................................61
Setting Consistency Group Attributes.......................................................................................... 61
Adding A Member Virtual Disk To A Consistency Group.............................................................62
Removing A Member Virtual Disk From A Consistency Group...................................................62
Changing The Pre-read Consistency Check Setting Of An Overall Repository Virtual Disk..... 63
Setting Snapshot Virtual Disk Repository Virtual Disk Capacity..................................................64
Setting Snapshot Group Repository Virtual Disk Capacity.......................................................... 65
Reviving Disk Groups, Physical Disks, Snapshot Groups, And Snapshot Virtual Disks...............65
6 Using The Snapshot (Legacy) Feature.............................................................67
Using Host Servers To Create An Initial Snapshot Virtual Disk......................................................... 68
Creating A Snapshot Virtual Disk........................................................................................................69
Enabling The Snapshot Virtual Disk Feature................................................................................ 69
Creating A Snapshot Virtual Disk With User-Assigned Physical Disks........................................ 69
Preparing Host Servers To Create An Initial Snapshot Virtual Disk............................................. 70
Creating The Initial Snapshot Virtual Disk.................................................................................... 70
Creating A Snapshot Virtual Disk With Software-Assigned Physical Disks..................................71
Creating A Snapshot Virtual Disk By Specifying A Number Of Physical Disks............................ 72
User-Defined Parameters..............................................................................................................73
Names Of Snapshot Virtual Disks And Repository Virtual Disks..................................................75
Changing Snapshot Virtual Disk Settings........................................................................................... 75
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