Deleting A Datastore; Creating Volume Snapshots - Dell EMC VxFlex Ready Node User Manual

Configuring the System using the VxFlex OS GUI

Deleting a datastore

Creating volume snapshots

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Procedure
1. In the Frontend
>
2. Right-click the datastore you want to delete and select Delete Datastore.
3. In the Delete Datastore window, verify that the datastore listed is the one you
intend to delete.
4. Click Delete.
Take a snapshot of one or more volumes.
About this task
This topic describes how to take a snapshot of one or more volumes.
When specifying more than one volume (a list), a consistency group is generated by
default, and can be viewed in the snapshot's property sheet. The snapshots under the
consistency group are taken simultaneously for all listed volumes, thus ensuring their
consistency.
You can accept the default name, or define snapshot names according to the following
rules:
Contains less than 32 characters
l
Contains only alphanumeric and punctuation characters
l
Is unique within the object type
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VxFlex OS objects are assigned a unique ID that can be used to identify the object in
CLI commands. You can retrieve the ID via a query, or via the object's property sheet
in the VxFlex OS GUI.
Note:
The consistency group is for convenience purposes ONLY. There are no protection
measures to conserve the consistency group. You can delete members from it.
To take a snapshot, perform these steps:
Procedure
1. In the Frontend
>
2. From the Command menu or context-sensitive menu, select Snapshot
Volume.
The Snapshot Volume window is displayed, showing the volumes for which
snapshots will be created.
3. In the Index box, type the number that you want to append to the snapshot
names.
4. If you want the snapshots to belong to a consistency group, ensure that the
Create Consistency Group check box is selected.
5. Click OK.
The progress of the operation is displayed at the bottom of the window. It is
recommended to keep the window open until the operation is completed, and
until you can see the result of the operation.
Compute view, select the Datastore view.
Volumes view, navigate to the volumes, and select them.