Managing Snapshots; Taking And Deleting Snapshots; Exposing A Snapshot - HP AK373A - StorageWorks All-in-One Storage System 1200r 5.4TB SAS Model NAS Server User Manual
Hp storageworks all-in-one storage system user guide (440583-006, june 2008)
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Managing snapshots
From the Manage Snapshots dialog box, you can take, delete, expose, unexpose, and revert snapshots.
IMPORTANT:
Snapshots are not supported on user-defined iSCSI LUN applications.
Taking and deleting snapshots
To take or delete a snapshot:
1.
Select an Exchange storage group, SQL Server database, user-defined application, or shared
folder in the content pane.
2.
In the Actions pane, click Snapshots and then click Manage Snapshots. The Manage Snapshots
dialog box displays.
3.
To take a snapshot immediately, click Take Snapshot and then click Yes to confirm.
4.
To delete a snapshot, select the snapshot from the snapshot list and click Delete.
5.
When you are done making changes, click Close.
Exposing a snapshot
You can view a read-only copy of a snapshot of an Exchange storage group, SQL Server database,
or user-defined application by exposing the snapshot on your HP All-in-One Storage System. Exposing
a snapshot allows you to view the contents of a snapshot and selectively revert files. Note that the
Latest data snapshot cannot be exposed while data is being synchronized from the source All-in-One
Storage System.
NOTE:
A snapshot of a shared folder cannot be exposed or unexposed using ASM. Use the Shadow Copy Client
to view snapshots of shared folders from a client computer. Snapshots of a shared folder are stored on the
same logical disk as the shared folder, in a protected system folder.
To expose a snapshot:
1.
Select an Exchange storage group, SQL Server database, or user-defined application in the
content pane.
2.
In the Actions pane, click Snapshots and then click Manage Snapshots. The Manage Snapshots
dialog box displays.
3.
Select either Latest data or a snapshot from the list and then click Expose. The Expose Snapshot
dialog box displays.
Latest data represents the most current data on the system. The snapshot that is taken represents
reflects the data that is on the system at that specific point in time.
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