162 Configuration: Premium Feature—Snapshot Virtual Disks
8
Enter the snapshot repository virtual disks capacity as a percentage of the 
source virtual disks capacity and click 
Next
.
The 
Preview
 window containing the summary of the snapshot virtual disk 
is displayed.
9
Click 
Finish
.
The 
Completed
 window is displayed.
10
Click 
OK
.
After creating one or more snapshot virtual disks, mount the source virtual 
disk, and restart the host application using that source virtual disk.
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In the AMW, select the 
Mappings
 tab, assign mappings between the 
snapshot virtual disk and the host that accesses the snapshot virtual disk. 
  NOTE: In some cases, conflicts may result from mapping the same host to 
both a source virtual disk and its associated snapshot virtual disk. This 
conflict depends on the host operating system and any virtual disk manager 
software in use. 
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To register the snapshot virtual disk with the host operating system, run 
the host-based hot_add utility.
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To associate the mapping between the storage array name and the virtual 
disk name, run the host-based SMdevices utility.
  NOTE: If your operating system requires additional instructions, you can find those 
instructions in your operating system documentation.
Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk Using the 
Advanced Path
About the Advanced Path
Use the advanced path to choose whether to place the snapshot repository 
virtual disk on free capacity or unconfigured capacity and to change the 
snapshot repository virtual disk parameters. You can select the advanced path 
regardless of whether you use free capacity or unconfigured capacity for the 
snapshot virtual disk.
Using the advanced path, you can specify the following parameters for your 
snapshot virtual disk:
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