The snap create command

The snap create command creates a new Snapshot copy of the specified LUNs on the SnapDrive system.

Syntax for this command is:

sdcli snap create [-m MachineName] -s SnapshotName -D MountPointList [. . .] [-x]

-x causes data to be flushed and consistent Snapshot copies to be created only for the drives and mount points specified by the -D switch. Otherwise, SnapDrive flushes data and creates consistent Snapshot copies for all LUNs connected to the host and residing on storage system volumes.

Note: Snapshot copies are created at the volume level. When a Snapshot copy is created using -x with the -D switch, Snapshot copies are also created for any additional disks mapped to the host that reside on the same volumes as the disks specified. Snapshot copies for the unspecified disks are dimmed in the SnapDrive MMC because they are inconsistent.

Example

sdcli snap create -s Jun_13_03 -D j k l

The preceding example creates a Snapshot copy named Jun_13_03 for each volume containing one or more of the LUNs mapped to the specified drives (that is, J:, K:, and L:). The Snapshot copies created are consistent for all LUNs contained by those volumes.

sdcli snap create -s csvLun11_051109 -D C:\ClusterStorage\Volume8

The preceding example creates a Snapshot copy named csvLUN11_051109 on the CSV reparse point C:\ClusterStorage\Volume8.