DELL 32XX User Manual
Re-Create Snapshot
Description
This command starts a new copy-on-write operation by using an existing snapshot virtual disk. You can
re-create a single snapshot virtual disk or recreate multiple virtual disks.
re-create a single snapshot virtual disk or recreate multiple virtual disks.
CAUTION: Before you create a new point-in-time image of a source virtual disk, stop any data
access (I/O) activity or suspend data transfer to the source virtual disk to ensure that you capture
an accurate point-in-time image of the source virtual disk. Close all applications, including
Windows Internet Explorer, to make sure all I/O activity has stopped.
access (I/O) activity or suspend data transfer to the source virtual disk to ensure that you capture
an accurate point-in-time image of the source virtual disk. Close all applications, including
Windows Internet Explorer, to make sure all I/O activity has stopped.
NOTE: Removing the drive letter of the associated virtual disk in Windows or unmounting the virtual
drive in Linux helps guarantee a stable copy of the drive for the Snapshot.
drive in Linux helps guarantee a stable copy of the drive for the Snapshot.
Syntax
recreate snapshot (virtualDisk [virtualDiskName] |
virtualDisks [virtualDiskName1 ...
virtualDiskNameN])
[userLabel=”snapshotVirtualDiskName”
warningThresholdPercent=percentValue
repositoryFullPolicy (failSourceWrites |
failSnapshot)]
Parameters
Parameter
Description
virtualDisk or virtualDisks
Name of the specific virtual disk for which to start a
fresh copy-on-write operation. You can enter
more than one virtual disk name. You must put
brackets ([ ]) around the virtual disk name. If the
virtual disk name has special characters, you must
also put quotation marks (" ") around the virtual
disk name.
fresh copy-on-write operation. You can enter
more than one virtual disk name. You must put
brackets ([ ]) around the virtual disk name. If the
virtual disk name has special characters, you must
also put quotation marks (" ") around the virtual
disk name.
userLabel
Name of the snapshot virtual disk. You must put
quotation marks (" ") around the snapshot virtual
disk name. If you enter more than one snapshot
virtual disk name, this command fails.
quotation marks (" ") around the snapshot virtual
disk name. If you enter more than one snapshot
virtual disk name, this command fails.
warningThresholdPercent
Percentage of repository capacity at which you
receive a warning that the repository is nearing full.
Use integer values. For example, a value of 70
means 70 percent. The default value is 50 percent.
receive a warning that the repository is nearing full.
Use integer values. For example, a value of 70
means 70 percent. The default value is 50 percent.
NOTE: If warningThresholdPercent is not
specified, the previously set value is used.
specified, the previously set value is used.
repositoryFullPolicy
Specifies how snapshot processing continues if the
repository is full. You can choose to fail writes to
the source virtual disk (failSourceWrites) or fail
repository is full. You can choose to fail writes to
the source virtual disk (failSourceWrites) or fail
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