A Snapshot session is a session type that creates a point-in-time copy of the volumes in
a Volume Group that is associated to the session, without having to define a specific set of target
volumes.
About this task
To add a Snapshot session, you create the session and associate a Volume Group to the
session.
Procedure
Follow these steps to create a Snapshot session:
- In the menu bar, click Sessions.
- On the Sessions page, click Create
Session.
- In the Create Session window, select the following
options:
- Hardware type
- Select FlashSystem Spectrum Virtualize.
- Session type
- Select Snapshot.
- Storage system
- Select the storage system connected to the server containing the Volume Group that will be used
to manage snapshots.
- Volume group
- Select the volume group to associate to the session.
- Site 1 Location
- For each site that is in the session, select the location for the site or
None. The site location, if available, is set by storage system on the
Storage Systems page.
- You can associate a location with each storage system and each site in a session. This site
awareness ensures that only storage systems that have either a matching site location for each role
or have no defined location are displayed in the copy set wizard.
- Session image
- Shows an image that represents the session. The session image is displayed when you select a
session type. The image is a visual aid to help you create your session.
- If you selected a location for the site that is in the session, the site is labeled with the
site location. If you did not select site locations, the sites are labeled with
Site
x, where x is the site number. You can
hover the mouse pointer over the site location to view the text in a larger format.
- Click OK.
- After clicking OK, the session will automatically query the
Volume Group that is selected and discover any existing snapshots or thin clones that are associated
with the volume group. All volumes currently in the Volume group on the storage system can be seen
on the View Copy Sets panel.
What to do next
If you want to add a description for the session, select the session on the
Sessions page. From the Session Actions list, select
.