Continue With Standard Roll Back; Create A New Smartclone Volume From The Snapshot - HP StoreVirtual 4000 User Manual

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1.
Log in to the management group that contains the volume that you want to roll back.
2.
In the navigation window, select the snapshot to which you want to roll back.
Review the snapshot Details tab to ensure you have selected the correct snapshot.
3.
Click Snapshot Tasks on the Details tab, and select Roll Back Volume.
A warning message opens that illustrates the possible consequences of performing a rollback,
including
Existing iSCSI sessions present a risk of data inconsistencies.
All newer snapshots will be deleted.
Changes to the original volume since the snapshot was created will be lost.
If you do not have connected iSCSI sessions or newer snapshots, those issues will not be
reflected in the message.
If the snapshot is not part of a snapshot set
You have three choices for continuing from this
message window:
Click OK. See
(page
Click New SmartClone Volume. See
SmartClone volume from the snapshot" (page
Click Cancel. See
(page

Continue with standard roll back

The following steps result with the original volume, with its original name, returned to the state of
the rolled back snapshot. If the snapshot is part of a snapshot set, this is not recommended.
The volume rolls back to the snapshot, deleting any newer snapshots. The rolled back snapshot
remains intact underneath the volume and retains the data. Any data that had been added to the
volume since the snapshot was created is deleted.
1.
If you rolled back an application-managed snapshot, use diskpart.exe to change the
resulting volume's attributes.
For more information, see
(page
171).
2.
Reconnect iSCSI sessions to the volume, and restart the applications.

Create a new SmartClone volume from the snapshot

Instead of continuing with a standard roll back, you can create a new SmartClone volume, with
a new name, from the selected snapshot. This choice preserves any newer snapshots and any new
data in the original volume.
"Continue with standard roll back"
175).
"Cancel the rollback operation"
177).
"Making a Windows application-managed snapshot available"
If the snapshot is part of a snapshot set
You have the following possible choices for continuing
from this message window:
Click Roll Back ALL Associated Volumes. This is
recommended. See
(page
176).
"Create a new
175).
Click Roll Back Selected Volume Only. See
with standard roll back" (page
NOTE:
selected snapshot. Click OK. This is not recommended.
Click Roll Back Volume. See
roll back" (page
NOTE:
incomplete. This is not recommended.
Click Cancel. See
(page
177).
Rolling back a volume to a snapshot or clone point 175
"Roll back all associated volumes"
175).
This will only the roll back the volume of the
"Continue with standard
175).
This will leave some snapshot sets
"Cancel the rollback operation"
"Continue

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