HP Veritas Volume Manager 5.0 -UX 11i v3 mysnpvol, cache=cobj, source=myvol, newvol=mysosvol, cachevolname=cvol, # vxsnap -gmydg make, cvol 1g layout=mirror, # vxassist -gmydg make

Table A-7	Administering volumes	Commands summary	503
Command		Description
vxmake [-g diskgroup] cache \		Creates a cache object for use by
cache_object cachevolname=volume \		space-optimized instant snapshots.
[regionsize=size]		See “Creating a shared cache object”
		on page 322.
		A cache volume must have already
		been created, as shown in this
		example:
		# vxassist -g mydg make \
		cvol 1g layout=mirror \
		init=active mydg16 mydg17
		# vxmake -g mydg cache cobj \
		cachevolname=cvol
vxsnap [-g diskgroup] make \		Takes a space-optimized instant
source=volume/newvol=snapvol\		snapshot of a volume.
/cache=cache_object		See “Creating instant snapshots” on
		page 319.
		Example:
		# vxsnap -g mydg make \
		source=myvol/\
		newvol=mysosvol/\
		cache=cobj
vxsnap [-g diskgroup] refresh snapshot		Refreshes a snapshot from its original
		volume.
		See “Refreshing an instant snapshot”
		on page 337.
		Example:
		# vxsnap -g mydg refresh \
		mysnpvol
vxsnap [-g diskgroup] dis snapshot		Turns a snapshot into an independent
		volume.

See “Dissociating an instant snapshot” on page 340.

Example:

# vxsnap -g mydg dis mysnpvol