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Chapter 8: Advanced Volume Operations

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volume create –activate snapshot –vol Snapshot1 –src
QATesting –dst Snapshot1 -lt 75

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Figure 8-7 shows the same source and snapshot volume after a write operation
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Figure 8-8 shows the creation of a second snapshot and a second write
operation to the source volume. The original data, N, A and P, from sectors 5, 9
and 13 are first copied to the Snapshot 1 & 2 and then the new data, B, E and B,
are written to the source volume.

Because snapshot volumes are independent of each other, the original data
must be written to each relevant snapshot, as in Snapshot 1 and 2. The pointer
table is only between a single snapshot and its source; never to parts of other
snapshots. Therefore, if one snapshot volume fails, no other snapshot is
affected.

volume create –activate snapshot –vol Snapshot2 –src
QATesting –ch Snapshot2 -lt 80

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