3PAR InForm® OS 2.2.4 Concepts Guide (320-200085 Rev B, March 2009)

InForm OS Version 2.2.4 3PAR InForm OS Concepts Guide

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mySnapshot

3PAR mySnapshot enables safe and easy copy and provisioning access to non-storage

professionals such as DBAs, software developers, and test engineers working with InServ

Storage Servers. Users can safely and easily restore their own copies of test data in seconds

without relying on the storage administrator.

mySnapshot uses an access control list to associate a user with certain administrative

permissions and specified storage resources. Once these administrative permissions are

granted for the specified resources, the user can easily replace and restore copies of their own

test database using the InForm CLI

updatevv command. This enables users who normally only

have

browse capabilities on the InServ storage system to be able to update specific snapshots

with more recent snapshots, a process usually only permitted for users with an

edit privilege

level or higher. This enables faster turnaround times for developers who need to have their

snapshots refreshed and alleviates workload for storage administrators.

NOTE: See Chapter 3, InServ Storage Server Users for more information about

privilege levels and permissions.