Starting space reclamation

Complete these steps to start SnapDrive for Windows space reclamation using the Computer Management panel.

Before You Begin

Steps

1. Under SnapDrive in the left MMC pane, select the instance of SnapDrive you want to manage. Then, double-click Disks and select the disk you want to manage.
2. From the menu choices at the top of MMC, navigate to Action > Start Space Reclaimer .

   If SnapDrive detects that there is...	Then a window appears...
   Space to reclaim	Confirming that the LUN can be optimized for Snapshot copy creation. Continue to the next step.
   No space to reclaim	Notifying you that you do not need to run Space Reclaimer on the selected disk. No need to continue.

3. In the Confirm Space Reclamation on Disk window, limit the amount of time Space Reclaimer runs on a LUN by selecting the Limit (in minutes) Space Reclamation operation checkbox.

   In the space provided by the check box, type the number of minutes you want Space Reclaimer to run on the LUN. By default, Space Reclaimer runs until the LUN is optimized.

4. Click Yes to continue.

   The space reclamation process runs in the background. You can monitor the Space Reclaimer progress in the status bar at the bottom of MMC.

   Note: SnapDrive might indicate that it is necessary to run Space Reclaimer again after it has successfully completed a space reclamation process. This can happen if data is deleted from a LUN while Space Reclaimer is running. It is strongly recommended that no read/writes are performed during the space reclamation process.