Creating a Snapshot copy manually

You run the snapvault snap create command on the SnapVault primary storage system or SnapVault secondary storage system containing the volume on which you want to create the Snapshot copy.

Step

To create a manual Snapshot copy of a volume, from the primary storage system or secondary storage system, enter the following command: snapvault snap create volume_name snap_name
volume_name is the name of the volume where the Snapshot copy to be created will reside.

snap_name is the basename of the Snapshot copy to create.

If there is already a Snapshot copy being created in the volume at the time this command is invoked, this command will be carried out after the other Snapshot copy is completed.

systemB> snapvault snap create vol1 sv_nightly

SnapVault creates a new Snapshot copy and, based on the specified Snapshot copy basename, numbers it just as if that Snapshot copy had been created by the SnapVault schedule process. SnapVault names the new Snapshot copy sv_nightly.0, renames the older Snapshot copies, and deletes the oldest sv_nightly Snapshot copy.

Note: Unlike the snapvault snap sched -x command, the snapvault snap create command does not update the data in the secondary storage system qtree from the data in the primary storage system qtree prior to creating the new Snapshot copy. If you want to update your secondary qtrees prior to running the snapvault snap create command, use the snapvault update command.

Parent topic: Why you create a Snapshot copy manually