Creates a snapshot of the selected volume at the current time.
The snapshot name and the snapshot iSCSI target name are generated automatically. The snapshot name, which is used to manage the snapshot in the group, is derived from the volume name plus a timestamp plus an identification number. The iSCSI target name, which is used by hosts to access the snapshot, consists of the iSCSI target prefix (iqn.2001-05.com.equallogic, by default), followed by a generated string, followed by the snapshot name.
Format
volume select vol_name snapshot create-now [parameter ...]
Variable
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vol_name |
Name of a volume. |
Parameters
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offline|online |
Snapshot status. The default is offline. |
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read-write|read-only |
Snapshot permission. The default is read-write. |
|
description text |
Snapshot description, up to 128 alphanumeric characters. If the text variable contains spaces, surround it with quotation marks. |
Example
The following command creates a snapshot at the current time with read-only permission:
> volume select dbvol snapshot create-now read-only
Snapshot creation succeeded.
snapshot name is dbvol-2006-01-25-11:28:01.5