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Setting the Snapshot copy reserve
You can reserve space (in percentage) for Snapshot copies in a FlexVol volumeor in an Infinite Volume. Setting the Snapshot copy reserve ensures that enough disk space is allocated for Snapshot copies so that they do not consume active file system space.
About this task 
The default space reserved for Snapshot copies is zero percent for SAN and VMware volumes.
Steps 
1.
From the Home tab, double-click the appropriate storage system.
2.
Expand the Vservers hierarchy in the left navigation pane.
3.
In the navigation pane, select the Vserver, and click Storage > Volumes or Infinite Volumes.
4.
Select the volume for which you want to set the Snapshot copy reserve.
5.
Click Snapshot Copies > Configure.
6.
Type or select the percentage of the volume space that you want to reserve for Snapshot copies and click OK.
Related reference 
Volumes window

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