Create Snapshot Virtual Disk Wizard: Specifying Names
This dialog allows you to specify a unique and name. Choose a name that helps you associate the snapshot virtual disk and snapshot repository virtual disk with its corresponding .
Click Next when ready to move to the next wizard dialog.
Snapshot and Snapshot Repository Virtual Disk Default Names
By default, the snapshot name is shown in the Snapshot virtual disk name field as:
[base-virtual disk-name] - sequence-number
where sequence-number is the chronological number of the snapshot relative to the source virtual disk.
The default name for the associated snapshot repository virtual disk that is shown in the Snapshot repository virtual disk name field is:
[base-virtual disk-name] - R + sequence-number
For example, if you are creating the first snapshot virtual disk for a source virtual disk called Accounting, then the default snapshot virtual disk name is Accounting-1, and the associated snapshot repository virtual disk default name is Accounting-R1. The default name of the next snapshot virtual disk you create based on Accounting is Accounting-2, with the corresponding snapshot repository virtual disk is named Accounting-R2 by default.
Hints
Whether you use the software-supplied sequence number that (by default) populates the Snapshot virtual disk name or Snapshot repository virtual disk name field, the next default name for a snapshot or snapshot repository virtual disk will still use the sequence number determined by the software. For example, if you name the first snapshot of source virtual disk Accounting AccountingMight18, and do not use the software-supplied sequence number of 1, then the default name for the next snapshot of Accounting is still Accounting-2.
The next available sequence number is based on the number of existing snapshots of a source virtual disk. If you delete a snapshot virtual disk, its sequence number becomes available again.
You must choose a unique name for the snapshot and snapshot repository virtual disks, or an error message is displayed.
There is a 30-character limit. After you reach this limit in either the Snapshot virtual disk name or Snapshot repository virtual disk name fields, you can no longer type in the field. If the source virtual disk is 30 characters, then the default names for the snapshot and its associated snapshot repository virtual disk use the source virtual disk name truncated enough to add the sequence string. For example, for "Host Software Engineering Group GR-1" the default snapshot name is "Host Software Engineering Gr-1" and the default repository name would be "Host Software Engineering G-R1."