Renaming Snapshot copies

Why to rename a Snapshot copy

You might want to rename a snapshot generated by the snap sched command if it contains data that you want to save. You can prevent it from being overwritten or deleted by the snap sched command process, which deletes regularly scheduled Snapshot copies automatically, by using the snap rename command.

How to rename a Snapshot copy

To rename a Snapshot copy, complete the following step.

Step	Action
1	Enter the following command: snap rename volume_name from_name to_name volume_name is the name of the volume that contains the Snapshot copy to rename. from_name is the current name of the Snapshot copy to rename. to_name is the new name you want to give to the Snapshot copy.

Example

snap rename vol0 hourly.2 MyDataSave