Dell POWERVAULT MD3600I - Manual (Page 140)

– Copy Services → Consistency Group Snapshot Virtual Disk → Disable. The Confirm Disable Consistency
Group Snapshot Virtual Disk window is displayed.
3. Type yes in the text box and then click Disable to disable the snapshot virtual disk.
The snapshot virtual disk or consistency group snapshot virtual disk is displayed in the Logical pane with the
Disabled Snapshot status icon. If you disabled a read-write snapshot virtual disk or consistency group snapshot
virtual disk, its associated snapshot repository virtual disk does not change status. The write activity to the
snapshot repository virtual disk stops until the snapshot virtual disk or consistency group snapshot virtual disk is
re-created.
Re-creating A Snapshot Virtual Disk Or Consistency Group Snapshot Virtual Disk
Use the Re-Create option when you want to re-create a snapshot virtual disk or consistency group snapshot virtual disk
that you previously disabled. Re-creating a snapshot virtual disk or consistency group snapshot virtual disk takes less
time than creating a new one.
If you have a snapshot virtual disk or consistency group snapshot virtual disk that you no longer need, you can reuse it
(and any associated snapshot repository virtual disk), instead of deleting it, to create a different snapshot virtual disk or
consistency group snapshot virtual disk of the same base virtual disk. You can re-associate the snapshot virtual disk or
consistency group snapshot virtual disk with the same snapshot image or a different snapshot image as long as the
snapshot image is in the same base virtual disk.
NOTE: If the snapshot virtual disk or consistency group snapshot virtual disk is part of an online copy relationship,
you cannot perform the Re-create option on the virtual disk.
Keep these important guidelines in mind when you re-create a snapshot virtual disk or consistency group virtual disk:
• The snapshot virtual disk or consistency group snapshot virtual disk must be in either an Optimal status or
Disabled status.
• For consistency group snapshot virtual disk, all member snapshot virtual disks must be in a Disabled state
before you can re-create the consistency group snapshot virtual disk.
• You cannot re-create an individual member snapshot virtual disk, you can re-create only the overall consistency
group snapshot virtual disk.
• All write data on any associated snapshot repository virtual disk is deleted. Snapshot virtual disk or consistency
group snapshot virtual disk parameters remain the same as the previously disabled virtual disk parameters. The
original names for the snapshot virtual disk or consistency group snapshot virtual disk are retained. You can
change these names after the re-create option completes.
To re-create a snapshot virtual disk or consistency group snapshot virtual disk:
1. From the AMW, select the Storage & Copy Services tab.
2. Select the snapshot virtual disk or consistency group snapshot virtual disk that you want to disable and then select
one of the following:
– Copy Services → Snapshot Virtual disk → Re-create. The Confirm Re-Create Snapshot Virtual Disk window
is displayed.
– Copy Services → Consistency Group Snapshot Virtual Disk → Re-create. The Confirm Re-Create
Consistency Group Snapshot Virtual Disk window is displayed.
3. Select whether to re-create the snapshot virtual disk or consistency group snapshot virtual disk using an existing
snapshot image, or a new snapshot image and then click Re-create.
The status of the snapshot virtual disk or consistency group snapshot virtual disk is changed from Disabled to
Optimal.
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