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16 editing snapshots – Avago Technologies MegaRAID Fast Path Software User Manual

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LSI Corporation Confidential

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July 2011

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MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide

Chapter 11: Using MegaRAID Advanced Software

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Recovery Advanced Software

11.2.16 Editing Snapshots

You can edit the property settings that are already defined for the automatic snapshots
using the options as shown in the following figure.

Figure 290: Enable MegaRAID Recovery – Editing Snapshot Properties Dialog

1. Select any one of the options to edit the snapshots.

Automatically delete the oldest snapshot – This option automatically deletes the
oldest snap shot present in the system.

Stop taking snapshots – This option, prevents the application from taking the
snapshots.

Take a snapshot on every reboot(recommended for boot virtual drives) – To
use this option, select the Take a snapshot on every reboot (recommended for
boot virtual drives)
check box.

This option provides you a snapshot taken on boot after each successful shutdown.
You can use this snapshot of the boot virtual drive to restore the operating system
on the virtual drive if it becomes corrupted.

2. Click Finish.

The Confirm Enable Snapshots dialog appears. This dialog prompts you to make
sure whether you want to enable snapshots on the virtual drive or not.