Dell MD3200i, MD3220i Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk Using the Advanced Path

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Enter the snapshot repository virtual disks capacity as a percentage of the

source virtual disks capacity and click

The

Preview

window containing the summary of the snapshot virtual disk

is displayed.

Click

Finish

The

Completed

window is displayed.

Click

After creating one or more snapshot virtual disks, mount the source virtual

disk, and restart the host application using that source virtual disk.

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 might 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.

To register the snapshot virtual disk with the host operating system, run

the host-based hot_add utility.

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

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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