Create Snapshot Virtual Disk Wizard: Preview

This dialog provides a preview of the  and associated  that are created with the parameters you specified in the previous wizard dialogs.

Click Finish to create the , or click Back to return to previous dialogs and change snapshot and snapshot repository virtual disk parameters.

After clicking Finish, the  remains highlighted in the  Logical View. A snapshot virtual disk appears as a child node under the source virtual disk, showing the name of the snapshot virtual disk with its associated capacity in parentheses.

The snapshot repository virtual disk is displayed at the  level under the  where it resides, showing the name of the snapshot repository virtual disk.

Example

You create a snapshot of source virtual disk Accounting, called Accounting-1. This snapshot virtual disk displays as a child node under the source virtual disk with this icon , as shown in the following graphic.

The snapshot repository virtual disk, Accounting R-1, is created on Disk Group 1 and displays as a child node of that disk group, with this icon .

What Else Do I Need to Do?

Before you created the snapshot virtual disk, you stopped the  application accessing the source virtual disk and unmounted the source virtual disk. Remount the source virtual disk, and restart the host application using it for storage. If, during the snapshot creation process, you selected the Map Later with Storage Partitioning advanced parameter, you must grant one or more hosts access to the snapshot by creating a .

Whether the snapshot virtual disk has an automatic or a specific virtual disk-to-LUN mapping, you also must use the  utility or a similar utility to register the new snapshot virtual disk with the operating system of the host or hosts that will access the snapshot virtual disk. Under certain situations, you might also have to reboot the hosts.

Related Topics

Using the Create Snapshot Virtual Disk Wizard

Managing Virtual Disks