Veritas Volume Manager 5.1 SP1 Administrator"s Guide (5900-1506, April 2011)

Table A-7
Administering volumes (continued)
DescriptionCommand
Takes a full-sized instant snapshot of
a volume by breaking off plexes of the
original volume.
For information about creating
snapshots, see the Veritas Storage
Foundation Advanced Features
Administrator's Guide.
Example:
# vxsnap -g mydg make \
source=myvol/\
newvol=mysnpvol/\
nmirror=2
vxsnap [-g diskgroup] make \
source=volume\
/newvol=snapvol\
[/nmirror=number]
Takes a full-sized instant snapshot of
a volume using a prepared empty
volume.
For information about snapshots, see
the Veritas Storage Foundation
Advanced Features Administrator's
Guide.
Example:
# vxsnap -g mydg make \
source=myvol/snapvol=snpvol
vxsnap [-g diskgroup] make \
source=volume/snapvol=snapvol
531Using Veritas Volume Manager commands
About Veritas Volume Manager commands