HP 3PAR Application Software Suite for VMware Licenses - Manual (Page 65)

Figure 40 Unmounting Virtual Copies
The Confirm dialog box appears.
6. Click OK. A message indicates that the request is being processed and the mounted copy is
unmounted.
Restoring Datastores by promoting a Virtual Copy
Normal restore scenarios involve restoring virtual disk images. In a VMFS Datastore, there can be
many virtual disks. Typically, you can identify the virtual disk to be restored and copy it over the
old one. However, in some cases the virtual machine file system may be corrupted and all virtual
disks need to be replaced. In such scenarios, promote one of the Virtual Copies to a base volume.
The HP 3PAR Operating System Software supports a non-disruptive Virtual Volume conversion from
a fully to thinly-provisioned or thinly to fully-provisioned Virtual Volume. Recovery Manager for
VMware limits the promotion of a Virtual Copy taken before a Virtual Volume conversion. A popup
message box with error message displays if the action occurs. Performing any RMV Virtual Copy
operations such as creating or deleting must only occur after a Virtual Volume conversion is
completed.
NOTE: After a Virtual Volume conversion is complete, also update the Recovery Manager Cache
to see changes if you are already logged on to the session. The RMV server does not notify the
RMV plug-in for backend data changes.
NOTE: If the underlying HP 3PAR volume used by the Datastore belongs to an HP 3PAR Remote
Copy volume group, stop the Remote Copy volume group prior to running the Datastore promote
operation.
To restore a Datastore by promoting a Virtual Copy:
1.
Follow the instructions in “Viewing Virtual Copy information” (page 60) . Make sure that you
are in the Datastores view as you can only promote Datastores.
2. Click the Virtual Copies tab.
3. Select the Virtual Copy that you wish to promote from the Virtual Copy Set list.
4. Click Promote.
The Confirm dialog box appears.
5. Click OK.
The Virtual Copy promote task is submitted and a message is displayed indicating that request
is being processed.
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