Dell 32XX, 34XX, 38XX, 36XX manual Re-Create Snapshot, Recreate snapshot virtualDisk virtualDiskName

Re-Create Snapshot

Description

This command starts a new copy-on-write operation by using an existing snapshot virtual disk. You can re-create a single snapshot virtual disk or recreate multiple virtual disks.

CAUTION: Before you create a new point-in-time image of a source virtual disk, stop any data access (I/O) activity or suspend data transfer to the source virtual disk to ensure that you capture an accurate point-in-time image of the source virtual disk. Close all applications, including Windows Internet Explorer, to make sure all I/O activity has stopped.

NOTE: Removing the drive letter of the associated virtual disk in Windows or unmounting the virtual drive in Linux helps guarantee a stable copy of the drive for the Snapshot.

Syntax

recreate snapshot (virtualDisk [virtualDiskName]

virtualDisks [virtualDiskName1 ...

virtualDiskNameN])

[userLabel=”snapshotVirtualDiskName” warningThresholdPercent=percentValue repositoryFullPolicy (failSourceWrites failSnapshot)]

Parameters

Parameter	Description
virtualDisk or virtualDisks	Name of the specific virtual disk for which to start a
	fresh copy-on-write operation. You can enter
	more than one virtual disk name. You must put
	brackets ([ ]) around the virtual disk name. If the
	virtual disk name has special characters, you must
	also put quotation marks (" ") around the virtual
	disk name.
userLabel	Name of the snapshot virtual disk. You must put
	quotation marks (" ") around the snapshot virtual
	disk name. If you enter more than one snapshot
	virtual disk name, this command fails.
warningThresholdPercent	Percentage of repository capacity at which you
	receive a warning that the repository is nearing full.
	Use integer values. For example, a value of 70
	means 70 percent. The default value is 50 percent.
	NOTE: If warningThresholdPercent is not
	specified, the previously set value is used.
repositoryFullPolicy	Specifies how snapshot processing continues if the
	repository is full. You can choose to fail writes to
	the source virtual disk (failSourceWrites) or fail

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