Dell PowerVault MD3000i Cli Manual page 62

• Map the snapshot virtual disk and make it accessible to any host on a
storage area network. You can make snapshot data available to secondary
hosts for read and write access by mapping the snapshot to the hosts.
• Create up to four snapshots per virtual disk.
NOTE:
number of virtual disks supported by the RAID controller module.
• Increase the capacity of a snapshot virtual disk.
Table 4-1 lists the components that comprise a snapshot virtual disk and
briefly describes what they do.
Component
Source virtual disk
Snapshot virtual disk
Snapshot repository virtual disk
Table 4-1 lists the snapshot virtual disk commands and brief descriptions of
what the commands do.
Table 4-1. Snapshot Virtual Disk Commands
Command
create snapshotVirtualDisk Creates a snapshot virtual disk.
re-create snapshot
set (snapshotVirtualDisk)
stop snapshot
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Using the Snapshot Feature
The maximum number of snapshot virtual disks is one-half of the total
Description
Standard virtual disk from which the snapshot is
created
Point-in-time image of a standard virtual disk
Virtual disk that contains snapshot metadata and
copy-on-write data for a particular snapshot
virtual disk
Description
Starts a fresh copy-on-write operation by using an
existing snapshot virtual disk.
Defines the properties for a snapshot virtual disk and
enables you to rename a snapshot virtual disk.
Stops a copy-on-write operation.