Dell PowerVault MD3220 - Creating the Snapshot Using the Advanced Path

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4 Follow any additional instructions for your operating system. Failure to
follow these additional instructions can create unusable snapshot virtual
disks.
NOTE: If your operating system requires additional instructions, you can find those
instructions in your operating system documentation.
After your host server has been prepared, see "Creating a Snapshot Virtual
Disk Using the Advanced Path" on page 140 to create the snapshot using the
advanced path.
If you want to use a snapshot regularly, such as for backups, use the Disable
Snapshot and Re-create Snapshot options to reuse the snapshot. Disabling
and re-creating snapshots preserves the existing virtual disk-to-host mappings
to the snapshot virtual disk.
Creating the Snapshot Using the Advanced Path
NOTE: Removing the drive letter of the associated virtual disk in Windows or
unmounting the virtual drive in Linux helps to guarantee a stable copy of the drive
for the Snapshot.
After first preparing the host server(s) as specified in the preceding procedure,
complete the following steps to create a virtual disk snapshot using the
advanced path:
1
Stop the host application accessing the source virtual disk, and unmount
the source virtual disk.
2 In the AMW, select the Logical tab, select a valid source virtual disk.
3 Select Virtual Disk  Snapshot  Create . Alternatively, you can right-
click the source virtual disk and select
Create Snapshot Virtual Disk from
the pop-up menu.
The
Create Snapshot Virtual Disk Wizard - Introduction dialog appears.
4 Select Advanced , and click Next .
The
Specify Names window is displayed.
5 Enter the Snapshot visual disk name and the Snapshot repository virtual
disk name
and click Next.
The Allocate Capacity window is displayed.
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