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Creating Snapshots with Snapview

To create Snapshots in NetApp storage, you right click on the source LUN, select Create Snapshot and provide a name. You also create reserved LUNs for the snapshot data and start a Snapview session, specifying the reserved LUN pool. To make the snapshot available, you activate it and can then view session details. Snapshots can be deactivated to remove writes or destroyed permanently by stopping the session and deleting the snapshot files.

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Creating Snapshots with Snapview

To create Snapshots in NetApp storage, you right click on the source LUN, select Create Snapshot and provide a name. You also create reserved LUNs for the snapshot data and start a Snapview session, specifying the reserved LUN pool. To make the snapshot available, you activate it and can then view session details. Snapshots can be deactivated to remove writes or destroyed permanently by stopping the session and deleting the snapshot files.

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Steps for creating Snapshots:

Right click on Source LUN under respective Storage Group and navigate to Snapvie
w > Create Snapshot
Provide Snapshot name and select Storage Group if you would like to assign this
Snapshot to a host, otherwise leave it to None.
Create few LUN's of some standard size from other RAID Groups (prefarably) and a
ssign them to Reserved LUN pool. (prefarably we need 30% of source LUN's)
Create a Snapview session by Right clicking on the Source LUN and Navigate to Sn
apview > Start Snapview Session
Provide a session name, ensure that LUN's are present in Reserved LUN pool other
wise session will not be created.
Activate the snapshot based on what time you would like to have the Point in Tim
e copy to be created by navigating to Snapview > Snapshots > Snapshot Names > Sn
apshot_Name, Right click and select "Activate Snapshot".
We can see the session creation details under Snapview > Snapshots> sessions> Se
ssion_Name, right click and select properties.
After Snapshot is used we can Deactivate Snapshot and this will delete the assoc
iation with Source LUN and delete all writes on the Reserved LUN, to do this
Snapview > Snapshots > Snapshot Names > Snapshot_Name, Right click and select "D
eactivate Snapshot"
If we want to permanently delete the Snapshot we need to deactivate the Snapshot
, remove it from the assigned Storage Group and Destroy the Snapshot by Right cl
icking on the Snapshot and select "Destroy Snapshot"
Delete the Snapshot session by Navigating to Snapview > Snapshots> sessions> Ses
sion_Name, right click and select "Stop Session"
We can Rollback the Source LUN to the Point in Time copy by navigating to Snapvi
ew > Snapshots> sessions> Session_Name, right click and select Start Rollback.

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