Veritas Volume Manager 5.0.1 Administrator's Guide, HP-UX 11i v3, First Edition, November 2009

Table A-7
Administering volumes (continued)
DescriptionCommand
Takes a space-optimized instant
snapshot of a volume.
See “Creating instant snapshots”
on page 364.
Example:
# vxsnap -g mydg make \
source=myvol/\
newvol=mysosvol/\
cache=cobj
vxsnap [-g diskgroup] make \
source=volume/newvol=snapvol\
/cache=cache_object
Refreshes a snapshot from its original
volume.
See “Refreshing an instant snapshot”
on page 385.
Example:
# vxsnap -g mydg refresh \
mysnpvol
vxsnap [-g diskgroup] refresh snapshot
Turns a snapshot into an independent
volume.
See “Dissociating an instant snapshot”
on page 388.
Example:
# vxsnap -g mydg dis mysnpvol
vxsnap [-g diskgroup] dis snapshot
Removes support for instant snapshots
and DRL logging from a volume.
See “Removing support for DRL and
instant snapshots from a volume”
on page 323.
Example:
# vxsnap -g mydg unprepare \
myvol
vxsnap [-g diskgroup] unprepare \
volume
Using Veritas Volume Manager commands
About Veritas Volume Manager commands
566