VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 User's Guide - VERITAS Enterprise Administrator (September 2004)

Volume Tasks
Using the Volume Snapshot Feature
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Snap Clear permanently removes a snapshot mirror from a volume.
Snap Clear can be specified only after the snapshot command has been
issued.
To permanently remove a snapshot mirror from a volume, do the
following:
Step 1. Right-click on the volume, whose snapshot mirror you are removing.
A context mirror is displayed.
Step 2. Select Snap>Snap Clear.
A message box is displayed asking you to confirm the snap clear
operation for the specified volume.
Step 3. Click Yes.
The snapshot mirror is permanently disconnected from the original
volume and is no longer displayed on the Volume Manager console.
Aborting a Snapshot
The volume Snap Abort procedure allows you to abort the snapshot
procedure before it completes. If you have started the procedure, through
Snap Start, but have not yet clicked on Snap Shot to complete the
procedure, you can select Snap Abort to abort the procedure.
To abort a snapshot operation begun with snap start, do the following:
Step 1. Right-click on the volume that you want to abort the snapshot operation
on.
A context menu is displayed.
Step 2. Select Snap > Snap Abort.
A message box is displayed asking you to confirm the snap abort
operation for the specified volume.
Step 3. Click OK.
The snapshot process is aborted.