IBM XIV User Manual

v They can be overridden
v They can be deleted
v Their deletion priority can be changed
Example:
snap_group_format snap_group
Output:
Command executed successfully.
Access Control:
User Category Permission
Storage administrator Allowed
Storage integration administrator Allowed
Application administrator Allowed
Security administrator Disallowed
Read-only users Disallowed
Technicians Disallowed
Completion Codes:
v SNAPSHOT_HAS_ACTIVE_SYNC_JOB
Snapshot is currently a target of an active sync job
Troubleshooting: Please wait for sync job to complete
v SNAPSHOT_GROUP_IS_FORMATTED
Snapshot group is formatted.
v ELCS_GROUP_CANNOT_BE_FORMATTED
The snapshot group is an ELCS and cannot be formatted.
v MAX_VOLUMES_REACHED
Maximum number of volumes already defined
v SNAPSHOT_GROUP_IS_INTERNAL
Internal snapshots cannot be mapped, modified in any way or deleted.
v VOLUME_IS_NOT_A_SNAPSHOT
Operation is permitted only on snapshots
v SNAPSHOT_GROUP_BAD_NAME
Snapshot Group name does not exist.
Listing Snapshot Groups
Lists all snapshot groups or a specific one.
snap_group_list [ snap_group=SnapshotSetName | cg=cgName ]
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IBM XIV Specifications

General

Power Supply	Redundant power supplies
Drive Type	SATA
Redundancy	Fully redundant components
Connectivity	Fibre Channel, iSCSI
Form Factor	Rack-mounted
Cache	Distributed cache across modules
Data Protection	Snapshots, remote mirroring
Performance	High throughput and low latency
Scalability	Modular, scale-out architecture
Cooling	Redundant cooling
Architecture	Grid-based, distributed architecture