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Logging in to [iface: default, target: iqn.2001-

05.com.equallogic:0-8a0906-ae2e66602-b156e11d6b04c0e7-sles1-

2010-06-08-13:16:18.6512, portal: 10.10.5.7,3260]

8a0906-ae2e66602-b156e11d6b04c0e7-sles1-2010-06-08-

13:16:18.6512, portal: 10.10.5.7,3260]: successful

4) Find the iSCSI device name of the snapshot:

# iscsiadm -m session -P3

iSCSI Transport Class version 2.0-871

version 2.0-871

Target: iqn.2001-05.com.equallogic:0-8a0906-ae2e66602-

b156e11d6b04c0e7-sles1-2010-06-08-13:16:18.6512

Current Portal: 10.10.5.13:3260,1

Persistent Portal: 10.10.5.7:3260,1

< SNIP – Lines omitted >

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Attached SCSI devices:

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Host Number: 15 State: running

scsi15 Channel 00 Id 0 Lun: 0

Attached scsi disk sdc State: running

Target: iqn.2001-05.com.equallogic:0-8a0906-1b9e66602-

cbb6e11d2a34c0d1-sles1

Current Portal: 10.10.5.13:3260,1

Persistent Portal: 10.10.5.7:3260,1

< SNIP – Lines omitted >

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Attached SCSI devices:

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Host Number: 8 State: running

scsi8 Channel 00 Id 0 Lun: 0

Attached scsi disk sdb State: running

The command output indicates that for this test configuration /dev/sdb is the device

name of the original volume and /dev/sdc is the device name of the snapshot volume,

both highlighted in RED above.

5) Create the mount point and mount the volume:

# mkdir /mnt/slessnap

# mount –t ext3 /dev/sdc /mnt/slessnap

6) Check to see if the snapshot is mounted:

# df

Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on

/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00

50786940 3710672 44454828 8% /