Creating A Volume Copy - HP P2000 G3 Reference Manual
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• Date Constraint. Specify days when the task should run.
• End Schedule. Specify when the task should stop running.
4.
Click Reset Snapshot. If the task succeeded, the schedule is saved and can be viewed in the overview
panel for the snapshot or system.
5.
Make a reminder to unmount the snapshot before the scheduled task runs.
Creating a volume copy
You can copy a volume or a snapshot to a new standard volume. The destination volume must be in a
vdisk owned by the same controller as the source volume. If the source volume is a snapshot, you can
choose whether to include its modified data (data written to the snapshot since it was created). The
destination volume is completely independent of the source volume.
The first time a volume copy is created of a standard volume, the volume is converted to a master volume
and a snap pool is created in the volume's vdisk. The snap pool's size is either 20% of the volume size or
the minimum snap-pool size, whichever is larger. Before creating or scheduling copies, verify that the vdisk
has enough free space to contain the snap pool.
For a master volume, the volume copy creates a transient snapshot, copies the data from the snapshot, and
deletes the snapshot when the copy is complete. For a snapshot, the volume copy is performed directly
from the source; this source data may change if modified data is to be included in the copy and the
snapshot is mounted and I/O is occurring to it.
To ensure the integrity of a copy of a master volume, either unmount the volume, or at minimum perform a
system cache flush and refrain from writing to the volume. Since the system cache flush is not natively
supported on all OSs, it is recommended to unmount temporarily. The volume copy is for all data on the
disk at the time of the request, so if there is data in the OS cache, that will not be copied over. The
unmount forces the cache flush from the OS. After the volume copy has started, it is safe to remount the
volume and/or resume I/O.
To ensure the integrity of a copy of a snapshot with modified data, either unmount the snapshot or perform
a system cache flush. The snapshot will not be available for read or write access until the volume copy is
complete. If modified write data is not to be included in the copy, then you may safely leave the snapshot
mounted. During a volume copy using snapshot modified data, the system takes the snapshot offline, as
shown by the Snapshot Overview panel.
The volume copy's progress is shown in the Volume Overview panel.
You can create a volume copy now or schedule the copy task.
To create a volume copy now
1.
In the Configuration View panel, right-click a volume and select Provisioning > Create Volume Copy.
2.
In the main panel, select Now.
3.
Set the options:
• New Volume Name. Optionally change the default name for the destination volume. A volume
name is case sensitive and cannot already exist in a vdisk. A name cannot include a comma,
double quote, or backslash.
• Residing On Vdisk. Optionally change the destination vdisk.
• With Modified Data. If the source volume is a snapshot, select this option to include the snapshot's
modified data in the copy. Otherwise, the copy will contain only the data that existed when the
snapshot was created.
4.
Click Copy the Volume. A confirmation dialog appears.
5.
Click Yes to continue; otherwise, click No. If you clicked Yes and With Modified Data is selected and
the snapshot has modified data, a second confirmation dialog appears.
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