DELL 34XX User Manual
Parameters
Parameter
Description
virtualDisk or
virtualDisks
Names the specific snapshot virtual disk or
snapshot virtual disks for which you want to start a
rollback operation. Enclose the snapshot virtual
disk name in square brackets ([ ]). If the snapshot
virtual disk name has special characters, you must
also enclose the snapshot virtual disk name in
double quotation marks (" ").
Start Snapshot Image Rollback
Description
This command starts a rollback operation for a set of snapshot images. The content of the base virtual
disk changes immediately to match the point-in-time content of the selected snapshot image virtual disk.
The base virtual disk immediately becomes available for read/write requests after the rollback operation
has successfully completed. To stop a snapshot image rollback operation, use the stop rollback
snapImage command.
The repository virtual disk that is associated with the snapshot image continues to track any new changes
between the base virtual disk and the snapshot image virtual disk that occur after the rollback operation is
completed.
disk changes immediately to match the point-in-time content of the selected snapshot image virtual disk.
The base virtual disk immediately becomes available for read/write requests after the rollback operation
has successfully completed. To stop a snapshot image rollback operation, use the stop rollback
snapImage command.
The repository virtual disk that is associated with the snapshot image continues to track any new changes
between the base virtual disk and the snapshot image virtual disk that occur after the rollback operation is
completed.
NOTE: You cannot use this command for snapshot images involved in online virtual disk copy.
Syntax
start snapImage ["snapImageName"] rollback
Parameter
Parameter
Description
snapImage
The name of the snapshot image. The name of a
snapshot image is comprised of two parts:
• The name of the snapshot group.
• An identifier for the snapshot image in the
snapshot image is comprised of two parts:
• The name of the snapshot group.
• An identifier for the snapshot image in the
snapshot group.
The identifier for the snapshot image can be one of
these:
• An integer value that is the sequence number
these:
• An integer value that is the sequence number
of the snapshot in the snapshot group.
• NEWEST - Use this option when you want to
show the latest snapshot image created in the
snapshot group.
• OLDEST - Use this option when you want to
show the earliest snapshot image created in the
snapshot group.
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