HP MSA 2040 CLI Reference Guide

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create snapshots

Description Creates a snapshot of each specified source volume. The source volume can be a standard volume

or a master volume. The first time a snapshot is created of a standard volume, the volume is

converted to a master volume and a snap pool is created. The snap pool's size is either 20% of the

volume size or 5.37 GB, whichever is larger. The recommended minimum size for a snap pool is

50 GB. Before creating or scheduling snapshots, verify that the vdisk has enough free space to

contain the snap pool.

Syntax

create snapshots

volumes

[master-volumes

master-volumes

]

snap-names

Parameters volumes

volumes

A comma-separated list of up to 16 standard or master volumes of which to create snapshots. A

standard volume is converted to a master volume before a snapshot is created. For volume syntax,

see "Command syntax" (page 20).

master-volumes

Deprecated; use the volumes parameter.

snap-names

A comma-separated list of names for the resulting snapshots. A snapshot name is case sensitive; can

include spaces and printable UTF-8 characters except a left angle bracket, backslash, comma, or

double quote; and can have a maximum of 32 bytes. A name that includes a space must be

enclosed in double quotes.

Example Create snapshots of standard volume V1 and master volume V2:

# create snapshots volumes V1,V2 V1snap,V2snap

Info: The volume was created. (spV1)

Success: Command completed successfully. (V1snap,V2snap) - Snapshot(s) were

created. (2012-01-19 14:23:00)