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Configuration: Premium Feature—Snapshot Virtual Disks 151
NOTE: Removing the drive letter of the associated virtual disk(s) in Windows
or unmounting the virtual drive in Linux helps to guarantee a stable copy of the
drive for the Snapshot.
Before creating a snapshot virtual disk, the host server has to be in the proper
state. To ensure that the host server is properly prepared to create a snapshot
virtual disk, you can either use an application to carry out this task, or you can
perform the following steps:
1
Stop all I/O activity to the source.
2
In the AMW, select the
Logical
tab and select a valid source virtual disk.
3
Select
Virtual Disk
Snapshot
Create.
or
Right-click the source virtual disk and select
Create Snapshot Virtual Disk
from the pop-up menu.
The
Create Snapshot Virtual Disk Wizard - Introduction
dialog is
displayed.
4
Select
Simple (Recommended)
and click
Next
.
The
Specify Snapshot Schedule
window is displayed.
5
Choose
Yes
to set up a schedule for the new snapshot virtual disk creation.
To skip this option and create the snapshot immediately, choose
No
.
6
If you specified a snapshot schedule, define the schedule details in the
Create Snapshot Schedule
window and click
Next
.
7
Enter the
Snapshot virtual disk name
and the
Snapshot repository virtual
disk name
and click
Next.
The
Specify Snapshot Repository Capacity
window is displayed.
8
Enter the snapshot repository virtual disks capacity as a percentage of the
source virtual disks capacity and click
Next
.
The
Preview
window containing the summary of the snapshot virtual disk
is displayed.
9
Click
Finish
.
The
Completed
window is displayed.
10
Click
OK
.
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