VERITAS Volume Manager 4.1 Administrator's Guide

Understanding VERITAS Volume Manager
Volume Snapshots
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Alternatively, you can use the vxassist snapclear command to break the
association between the original volume and the snapshot volume. The
snapshot volume then has an existence that is independent of the
original volume. This is useful for applications that do not require the
snapshot to be resynchronized with the original volume.
For more information about taking snapshots of a volume, see “Backing
Up Volumes Online Using Snapshots” on page 308, and the vxassist(1M)
manual page.