Creating A Snap Pool - HP P2000 Reference Manual
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CAUTION:
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Before rolling back a volume you must unmount/unpresent/unmap it from data hosts to avoid data
corruption. If you want to include snapshot modified data in the roll back, you must also
unmount/unpresent/unmap the snapshot.
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Whenever you perform a roll back, the data that existed on the volume is replaced by the data on the
snapshot; that is, all data on the volume written since the snapshot was taken is lost. As a precaution,
take a snapshot of the volume before starting a roll back.
Only one roll back is allowed on the same volume at one time. Additional roll backs are queued until the
current roll back is complete. However, after the roll back is requested, the volume is available for use as if
the roll back has already completed.
During a roll back operation using snapshot modified data, the snapshot must be unmounted/unpresented
/unmapped and cannot be accessed. Unmounting/unpresenting/unmapping the snapshot ensures that all
data cached by the host is written to the snapshot; if unmounting/unpresenting/unmapping is not
performed at the host level prior to starting the roll back, data may remain in host cache, and thus not be
rolled back to the master volume. As a precaution against inadvertently accessing the snapshot, the system
also takes the snapshot offline, as shown by the Snapshot Overview panel. The snapshot becomes
inaccessible in order to prevent any data corruption to the master volume. The snapshot can be
remounted/re-presented/remapped once the roll back is complete.
To roll back a volume
1.
Unmount/unpresent/unmap the volume from hosts.
2.
If the roll back will include snapshot modified data, unmount/unpresent/unmap the snapshot from
hosts.
3.
In the Configuration View panel, right-click a volume and select Provisioning > Roll Back Volume.
4.
In the main panel, set the options:
• For Volume.
• From Snapshot Volume. Enter the name of the snapshot to roll back to.
• With Modified Data. Select this option to include the snapshot's modified data in the roll back.
Otherwise, the master volume will contain only the data that existed when the snapshot was
created.
5.
Click Roll Back Volume. The roll back starts. You can now remount/re-present/remap the volume.
6.
When the roll back is complete, if you unmounted/unpresented/unmapped the snapshot you can
remount/re-present/remap it.
Creating a snap pool
Before you can convert a standard volume to a master volume or create a master volume for snapshots, a
snap pool must exist. A snap pool and its associated master volumes can be in different vdisks, but must be
owned by the same controller.
To create a snap pool
1.
In the Configuration View panel, right-click a vdisk and select Provisioning > Create Snap Pool.
2.
In the main panel set the options:
• Snap Pool Name. Optionally change the default name for the snap pool. A snap pool name is case
sensitive; cannot already exist in the system; and can have a maximum of 20 bytes. A name cannot
include a comma, double quote, or backslash.
• Size. Optionally change the default size, which is all free space in the vdisk. The supported
minimum size is 5.37 GB. The recommended minimum size is 6 GB.
3.
Click Create Snap Pool If the task succeeds, the new snap pool appears in the Configuration View
panel.
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