To map later, select Map later.

15Click Finish to create the snapshot virtual disk and the associated snapshot repository virtual disk.

16After you have created one or more snapshot virtual disks, mount or reassign a drive letter of the source virtual disk.

17If needed, assign host-to-virtual disk mapping between the snapshot virtual disk and the host operating system that accesses it.

NOTE: In some cases, depending on the host type and any virtual disk manager software in use, the software prevents you from mapping the same host to both a source virtual disk and its associated snapshot virtual disk.

18If you are using a Linux-based system, run the hot_add utility to register the snapshot virtual disk with the host operating system.

NOTE: The hot_add utility is not needed for Windows.

Specifying Snapshot Virtual Disk Names

Choose a name that helps you associate the snapshot virtual disk and snapshot repository virtual disk with its corresponding source virtual disk. The following information is useful when naming virtual disks:

By default, the snapshot name is shown in the Snapshot virtual disk name field as:

<source-virtual disk-name>—<sequence-number>

where sequence-numberis the chronological number of the snapshot relative to the source virtual disk.

The default name for the associated snapshot repository virtual disk that is shown in the Snapshot repository virtual disk field is:

<source-virtual disk-name>—R<sequence-number>

For example, if you are creating the first snapshot virtual disk for a source virtual disk called Accounting, the default snapshot virtual disk is Accounting-1, and the associated snapshot repository virtual disk default name is Accounting-R1. The default name of the next snapshot virtual disk you create based on Accounting is Accounting-2, with the corresponding snapshot repository virtual disk named as Accounting-R2by default.

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