Storage : San Snapshot Management - American Megatrends StorTrends 1300 User Manual

Storage : SAN Snapshot Management

This page appears if you click on any existing Pool and then on an existing SAN Volume
and Snapshot Node. This page displays a list of all the snapshots of the selected Volume.
Field/Button Description
Snapshot Name This field displays the name of the Snapshot.
Status Mounted/In Use
Deleting
Unmounted/Not-in-Use
Failed
Type This field displays the type of Snapshot being used. The default is Redirect on Write
(ROW) but a writable ROW type can also be created.
Creation Time This field displays when the Snapshot Volume was created.
Target This field displays the target assigned to that particular snapshot (to be used for backup
purposes if necessary). Otherwise it will display Assign Target if no Target is assigned.
Rollback Click on this link to restore this snapshot to the volume. Note that this will require all
initiators to be disconnected from the target, and all I/Os to be stopped.
Create Snapshot Select this button to create a snapshot.
button
Schedule Snapshots Opens the Snapshot Scheduling page.
Delete button Select this button to delete a snapshot.
Delete All button Select this button to delete all your snapshots.
Refresh button Select this button to refresh the listing of snapshots.
When you click on a snapshot, you can create a writable snapshot and so on. The
following information will appear.
Field Description
Snapshot Name This field displays the name of the Snapshot.
Status Mounted/In Use
Deleting
Unmounted/Not-in-Use
Failed
Advanced Caching This field allows you to modify the Advanced Caching (if applicable)
Capacity This field displays the capacity of the Snapshot Volume.
Type This field displays the type of Snapshot being used. The default is Redirect on Write
(ROW).
Provision Type This field displays the provisioning type being used on the Snapshot Volume. It can be
either Thin or Exact Provisioning.
Create writeable Enable this box and enter the new snapshot name if you wish to modify the contents of
snapshot snapshot of the volume.
Date Time Created This field displays when the Snapshot Volume was created.
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The Snapshot Volume is mounted and ready to use.
The Snapshot Volume is deleting.
The Snapshot Volume is not mounted and is not in use.
The Snapshot Volume has failed.
The Snapshot Volume is mounted and ready to use.
The Snapshot Volume is deleting.
The Snapshot Volume is not mounted and is not in use.
The Snapshot Volume has failed.