Administrator Guide

Expire a Snapshot Manually
If you no longer need a snapshot and you do not want to wait for it to be expired based on the Snapshot Prole, you can expire it
manually.
1. Select a Storage Center from the Storage view. (Data Collector connected Storage Manager Client only)
2. Click the Storage tab.
3. In the Storage tab navigation pane, select the volume you want to modify.
4. Click the Storage tab.
5. In the Storage tab navigation pane, select the volume for which you want to expire a snapshot.
6. In the right pane, click the Snapshots tab.
7. Right-click the snapshot you want to expire, then select Expire. The Expire dialog box opens.
NOTE: To expire multiple snapshots simultaneously, hold down Shift while you select the snapshots, then right-click
a selected snapshot and select Expire.
8. Select the snapshot you want to expire, then click Expire. The Expire dialog box opens.
9. Click OK to expire the selected snapshot.
Related link
Managing Snapshot Proles
Mapping Volumes to Servers
Mapping a volume to a server allows the server to access the volume.
NOTE: For user interface reference information, click Help.
Map a Volume to a Server
Map a volume to a server to allow the server to use the volume for storage.
1. Select a Storage Center from the Storage view. (Data Collector connected Storage Manager Client only)
2. Click the Storage tab.
3. In the Storage tab navigation pane, select the volume you want to map to a server.
4. In the right pane, click Map Volume to Server. The Map Volume to Server wizard opens.
5. Select the server to which you want to map the volume, then click Next. The wizard advances to the next page.
6. (Optional) Click Advanced Mapping to congure LUN settings, restrict mapping paths, or present the volume as read-only.
7. When you are done, click Finish.
Map Multiple Volumes to a Server
Multiple volumes can be mapped to a server in a single operation.
1. Select a Storage Center from the Storage view. (Data Collector connected Storage Manager Client only)
2. Click the Storage tab.
3. In the Storage tab navigation pane, select the Volumes node or the folder that contains the volumes.
4. In the right pane, select the volumes that you want to map.
• To select contiguous volumes, select the rst volume, then hold down Shift and select the last volume.
• To select individual volumes, hold down Control while selecting them.
5. In the right pane, click Map Volume to Server. The Map Volume to Server wizard opens.
6. Select the server to which you want to map the volumes, then click Next. The wizard advances to the next page.
7. (Optional) Click Advanced Mapping to restrict mapping paths or present the volumes as read-only.
8. When you are done, click Finish.
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