Dell POWERVAULT MD3620I - Manual (Page 167)

Configuration: Premium Feature—Snapshot Virtual Disks 167
8 In the Snapshot virtual disk parameters area, select the relevant mapping
option, you can select:
•
Automatic
• Map later
9 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.
10 Click Next.
The Preview window containing the summary of the snapshot virtual disk
is displayed.
11 Click Finish.
The Completed window is displayed.
12 Click OK.
13 In the Mappings tab, assign mappings between the snapshot virtual disk
and the host that accesses the snapshot virtual disk.
14 To register the snapshot virtual disk with the host operating system, run
the host-based hot_add utility.
15 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:
—
where sequence-number is the chronological number of the snapshot
relative to the source virtual disk.
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