Document Outline

• Hitachi Simple Modular Storage Copy-on-Write SnapShot User’s Guide
  • Preface
    • Document Revision Level
    • Safety and Warnings
    • Intended Audience
    • Product Version
    • Release Notes
    • Document Organization
    • Referenced Documents
    • Document Conventions
    • Convention for Storage Capacity Values
    • Getting Help
    • Comments
  • Table of Contents
  • SnapShot Overview
    • Copy-on-Write SnapShot Software
    • Hardware and Software Configuration
    • How SnapShot Works
      • Volume Pairs—P-VOLs and V-VOLs
      • Data Pools
      • Differential Management LUs (DM-LU)
      • Consistency Group (CTG)
      • SnapShot Interface—Storage Navigator Modular 2
  • Planning and Design
    • The Plan and Design Workflow
    • Assessing Business Needs
      • Establishing How Often a Copy Is Made (Copy Frequency)
        • Selecting a Reasonable Time Between Snapshots
      • Establishing How Long a Copy Is Held (Copy Lifespan)
        • Lifespan Based on Backup Requirements
        • Lifespan Based on Business Uses
      • Establishing the Number of V-VOLs that Are Required
    • Establishing Data Pool Size
      • Measuring Workload Data
        • Rule of Thumb Calculation
    • Calculating Maximum Capacity
    • Operating System Considerations
      • Identifying P-VOL and V-VOL
      • Cluster Software, Path Switching Software
      • Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS)
      • Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM)
      • Windows 2000
      • Windows Server 2003
      • Linux and LVM Configuration
      • Windows Server 2003/Windows 2000 and Dynamic Disk
  • Requirements
    • System Requirements
    • Supported Platforms
  • Enabling and Disabling SnapShot
    • Enabling/Disabling SnapShot
  • Configuring SnapShot
    • Configuration Workflow
    • Assign Volumes for the Data Pool
      • Notes on Adding a Data Pool
    • Set Up the Virtual Volume (V-VOL) (manual method)
  • Using SnapShot
    • SnapShot Replication Workflow
    • Back Up Your Volume—Create a Pair
      • Using the Backup Wizard
      • Create Pair Procedure
    • Update the V-VOL
    • Restore the P-VOL from the V-VOL
      • Restore from Tape
    • Use the V-VOL for Tape Backup, Testing, Reports, Etc.
    • Edit Pairs, Data Pool
    • Delete Pairs, V-VOLs, Data Pools
    • Test the Configuration
  • Monitoring and Maintenance
    • Monitoring SnapShot
      • Monitoring Pair Status
      • Monitoring Data Pool Usage
    • Expanding the Data Pool
      • Other Methods for Lowering Data Pool Load
  • Troubleshooting
    • Pair Failure
      • Recovering from Pair Failure Due to POOL FULL
      • Recovering from Pair Failure Due to a Hardware Failure
    • Data Pool Capacity Exceeded
  • Operations Using CLI
    • Enabling and Disabling SnapShot
    • Operations for SnapShot Configuration
      • Setting the POOL
      • Setting the V-VOL
    • Performing SnapShot CLI Operations
      • Creating SnapShot Pairs
      • Updating SnapShot Logical Unit
      • Restoring V-VOL to P-VOL
      • Releasing SnapShot Pairs
      • Changing Pair Information
      • Creating Pairs that Belong to a Group
    • Sample Back Up Script for Windows
  • SnapShot Specifications
    • General Specifications
  • Glossary
  • Index