154 Configuration: Premium Feature—Snapshot Virtual Disks
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In the
Snapshot virtual disk parameters
area, select the relevant mapping
option, you can select:
•
Automatic
•
Map later with Storage Partition
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In the
Snapshot repository virtual disk parameters
area, enter the system
behavior when:
• The snapshot repository virtual disk is full to the selected percentage
level.
• The snapshot repository virtual disk is full.
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Click
Next
.
The
Preview
window containing the summary of the snapshot virtual disk
is displayed.
11
Click
Finish
.
The
Completed
window is displayed.
12
Click
OK
.
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In the
Mappings
tab, assign mappings between the snapshot virtual disk
and the host that accesses the snapshot virtual disk.
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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.

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-number is the chronological number of the snapshot
relative to the source virtual disk.
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