HP LeftHand P4000 Virtual SAN Appliance Software - Manual (Page 14)

Creating the primary snapshot
1. In the Primary Snapshot Setup box, click New Snapshot.
If you selected a snapshot to start the process, you do not need to create a new snapshot.
2. (Optional) If you are using the Application Aware Snapshot Manager and want to quiesce
the application before creating the snapshot, select Application-Managed Snapshot.
The system fills in the Description field and and the snapshot inherits the server assignment of
the volume.
3. Enter a name for the snapshot or accept the default.
TIP: Make the beginning of volume and snapshot names meaningful, for example,
“Snap1Exchg_03.”
4. (Optional) Enter a description of the snapshot.
5. Click OK to return to the New Remote Snapshot window.
The information for the primary snapshot is pre-filled. For example, the text for Snapshot Name
changed from “Create Primary Snapshot” to “HdqtrsLogs_SS_1”.
6. In the Remote Snapshot Setup box, select the remote management group and volume.
If you need to create a volume, click New Remote Volume.
7. In the Snapshot Name box, enter the name for the remote snapshot.
8. (Optional) Enter a description for the remote snapshot.
9. Click OK in the New Remote Snapshot window.
The remote copy of the primary snapshot to the remote volume begins.
Figure 4 Remote copy in progress
14 Using Remote Copy