Veritas File System v5.0.1 Administrator's Guide for HP-UX 11i v3 (5900-0082, June 2010)

The Storage Checkpoint is logically identical to the primary fileset when the
Storage Checkpoint is created, but it does not contain any actual data blocks.
Figure 6-1
Primary fileset and its Storage Checkpoint
Primary fileset
Storage Checkpoint
emp.dbf jun.dbfemp.dbf
/database
/database
jun.dbf
In Figure 6-2, a square represents each block of the file system. This figure shows
a Storage Checkpoint containing pointers to the primary fileset at the time the
Storage Checkpoint is taken, as in Figure 6-1.
Figure 6-2
Initializing a Storage Checkpoint
A
B
C
D
E
Primary fileset Storage Checkpoint
Storage Checkpoints
How a Storage Checkpoint works
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