VERITAS Volume Manager 4.1 Troubleshooting Guide

Recovery from Failure of Instant Snapshot Operations
Failure of vxsnap make for Break-Off Instant Snapshots
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Failure of vxsnap make for Break-Off Instant Snapshots
If a vxsnapmake operation fails during the creation of a third-mirror break-off instant
snapshot, the snapshot volume may go into the INSTSNAPTMP state. VxVM can usually
recover the snapshot volume without intervention. However, in certain situations, this
recovery may not succeed. If this happens, use the following command to delete the snapshot
volume:
# vxedit [-g diskgroup] rm snapshot_volume
Alternatively, the snapshot volume is removed automatically when the system is next
restarted.