Specifying snapshot virtual disk names – Dell POWERVAULT MD3600F User Manual

Page 157

Advertising
background image

Configuration: Premium Feature—Snapshot Virtual Disks

157

The Specify Virtual Disk Parameters window is displayed.

9 In the Snapshot virtual disk parameters area, select the relevant mapping

option, you can select:

Automatic

Map later

10 In the Snapshot repository virtual disk parameters area, enter the system

behavior when:
• The snapshot repository virtual disk is full to the selected

percentage level.

• The snapshot repository virtual disk is full.

11 Click Next.

The

Preview window containing the summary of the snapshot virtual disk

is displayed.

12 Click Finish.

The

Completed window is displayed.

13 Click OK.
14 In the Mappings tab, assign mappings between the snapshot virtual disk

and the host that accesses the snapshot virtual disk.

15 To register the snapshot virtual disk with the host operating system, run

the host-based hot_add utility.

16 To associate the mapping between the storage array name and the virtual

disk name, run the host-based SMdevices utility.

Specifying Snapshot Virtual Disk Names

Choose a name that helps you associate the snapshot virtual disk and

snapshot repository virtual disk with its corresponding source virtual disk. The

following information is useful when naming virtual disks:
By default, the snapshot name is shown in the Snapshot virtual disk name

field as:

<source-virtual disk-name>—<sequence-number>

book.book Page 157 Tuesday, June 18, 2013 3:03 PM

Advertising
This manual is related to the following products: