HP P6000 Replication Solutions Manager Job Command Reference (T3680-96090, October 2012)

SnapshotHostVolumeGroupToContainersInManagedSet
Creates preallocated snapshots (point-in-time copies) of the storage volumes (virtual disks) that
underlie a host volume group, by using containers in a managed set. The snapshot copies are
presented to the enabled host and a host bus scan is performed to identify the presented storage
Syntax and arguments
When initially inserted into a job, the command syntax and default arguments are:
SnapshotHostVolumeGroupToContainersInManagedSet ( %volgroup_unc_name%, %managed_set_of_containers%,
FULLY_ALLOCATED, NOWAIT )
UNC Host Volume Group Name (%volgroup_unc_name%). Select or enter the UNC name of the
host volume group to be copied.
Managed Set Name (%managed_set_of_containers%). Select or enter the name of the managed
set in which the virtual disk containers are members.
Snapshot Type. List of snapshot storage volume names. The only type is fully_allocated.
Wait Flag. Select WAIT or NOWAIT. See Wait/nowait argument.
Examples
SnapshotHostVolumeGroupToContainersInManagedSet ( "\\HostA2\/home/cats_vg",
"hvol_cats_set", FULLY_ALLOCATED, NOWAIT )
AIX
SnapshotHostVolumeGroupToContainersInManagedSet ( "\\HostA2\/users/cats_vg",
"hvol_cats_set", FULLY_ALLOCATED, NOWAIT )
HP-UX
SnapshotHostVolumeGroupToContainersInManagedSet ( "\\HostA2\/var/cats_vg", "hvol_cats_set",
FULLY_ALLOCATED, NOWAIT )
Linux
Not applicableOpenVMS
SnapshotHostVolumeGroupToContainersInManagedSet ( "\\HostA2\/usr/cats_vg", "hvol_cats_set",
FULLY_ALLOCATED, NOWAIT )
Solaris
SnapshotHostVolumeGroupToContainersInManagedSet ( "\\HostA2\dom01","hvol_cats_set",
FULLY_ALLOCATED, NOWAIT )
Tru64 UNIX
Not applicableWindows
Comments
• Associated validation commands. ValidateSnapshotHostVolumeGroup.
• Agent and license prerequisites. Requires a host agent.
• Command result value. Managed set name of virtual disk containers. For a complete list, see
Command result values.
• OS specifics. Yes. See examples.
• See Resource names and UNC formats.
SnapshotHostVolumeToContainers
Creates preallocated snapshots (point-in-time copies) of the storage volumes (virtual disks) that
underlie a host volume, by using containers. The snapshot copies are presented to the enabled
host and a host bus scan is performed to identify the presented storage.
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