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A comma-separated list of the names or serial numbers of 1 to 16 source volumes of which to create
snapshots. A name that includes a space must be enclosed in double quotes.
snap-names
A comma-separated list of names for the resulting snapshots. Snapshot names must be unique
system-wide. Input rules:
● The value is case-sensitive.
● The value can have a maximum of 32 bytes.
● The value can include spaces and printable UTF-8 characters except: " , < \
● A value that includes a space must be enclosed in double quotes.
Examples Create snapshots of volumes V4 and V5.
# create snapshots volumes V4,V5 V4snap,V5snap
See also
show snapshots
show volumes
create task
Description Creates a task that can be scheduled.
You can create a task to:
● Enable drive spin down for spinning disks. The disks cannot be in a virtual pool. The disks cannot
be using ADAPT data protection. You can use this to enable or resume spin down during hours
of infrequent activity. When drive spin down is enabled, disks will spin down after 60 minutes of
inactivity by default.
● Disable drive spin down. You can use this to disable or suspend spin down during hours of
frequent activity.
● Create a snapshot of a source volume, which can be a virtual base volume or a virtual snapshot.
● Reset a snapshot. This deletes the data in the snapshot and resets it to the current data
in the volume from which the snapshot was created. The snapshot’s name and other volume
characteristics are not changed.
● Replicate a virtual replication set’s primary volume or volume group to a peer system
CAUTION: Before scheduling a ResetSnapshot task, consider that if the snapshot is
mounted/presented/mapped to a host, the snapshot must be unmounted/unpresented/
unmapped before the reset is performed. Leaving it mounted/presented/mapped can
cause data corruption. You should create a scheduled job on the host to unmount/
unpresent/unmap the snapshot prior to resetting it.
Minimum role manage
Syntax To create a task to take a snapshot:
create task
retention-count #
snapshot-prefix prefix
source-volume volume
type TakeSnapshot
name
To create a task to reset a snapshot:
create task
snapshot-volume volume
type ResetSnapshot
name
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