6.5 HP StoreAll OS User Guide

Viewing automated snapshot schemes
On the Management Console, you can view snapshot schemes on the Create Snapshot dialog
box. Select Recurring as the Snapshot Type, and then select a snapshot scheme. A description of
that scheme will be displayed.
Deleting an automated snapshot scheme
A snapshot scheme can be deleted only from the CLI. Use the following command:
ibrix_vs_snap_strategy -d -n NAME
Managing block snapshots
This section describes how to manage individual snapshots.
Creating an on-demand snapshot
To take an on-demand snapshot from the Management Console, select the file system where the
snapshot will be taken, and then select Block Snapshots from the lower Navigator. On the Block
Snapshots panel, click New to display the Create Snapshot dialog box. On the General tab, select
Once as the Snapshot Type and click OK.
Mounting or unmounting a snapshot
On the Management Console, select Block Snapshots from the lower Navigator, select the snapshot
on the Block Snapshots panel, and click Mount or Unmount.
Deleting snapshots
Delete snapshots to free up resources when the snapshot is no longer needed or to create a new
snapshot when you have already created the maximum allowed for your storage system.
On the Management Console, select the snapshot on the Block Snapshots panel and click Delete.
Accessing snapshot file systems
By default, snapshot file systems are mounted in two locations on the file serving nodes:
• /<snapshot_name>
• /<original_file_system>/.<snapshot_name>
For example, if you take a snapshot of the fs1 file system and name the snapshot fs1_snap1,
it will be mounted at /fs1_snap1 and at /fs1/.fs1_snap1.
The StoreAll clients must mount the snapshot file system (/<snapshot_name>) to access the
contents of the snapshot.
NFS and SMB clients can access the contents of the snapshot through the original file system (such
as /fs1/.fs1_snap1) or they can mount the snapshot file system (in this example, /fs1_snap1).
The following window shows an NFS client browsing the snapshot file system .fs1_snap2 in the
fs1_nfs file system.
374 Creating block snapshots