IBM Storwize Snapshot Tasks

This chapter contains the following sections:

Create IBM Storwize Snapshot

Summary
Create IBM Storwize Snapshot
Description
This task creates a file system snapshot or independent fileset snapshot. There is a maximum limit of 256 snapshots per file system. The sum of manual snapshots created with this command and automatically snapshots created for an association cannot exceed this limit.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Account Name Enter account name account​Name Y
Snapshot Type Select snapshot type ibm​Storwize​Snap​Shot​Type Y
Path Select the path to create snapshot ibm​Storwize​Snap​Shot​Path​Identity Y
Snapshot Name Use the format @GMT-yyyy.​MM.​dd-HH.​mm.​ss if Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service(VSS) is used to restore files.​Avoid white spaces, double and single quotation marks aq", the parentheses (), the star *, forward slash /, and backward slash \.​ " Snapshot id should not contain '-psnap-' keyword, it is system reserved.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Snapshot Schedules Select one or more snapshot schedules ibm​Storage​Snapshot​Rule​Identity Y
Outputs
Output Description Type
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​SNAPSHOT_​IDENTITY Output of snapshot identity ibm​Storwize​Snap​Shot​Identity
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​ACCOUNT_​NAME Output of infra account name account​Name
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​DATACENTER Output of datacenter name on which selected operation was performed datacenter​Name

Delete IBM Storwize Snapshot

Summary
Delete IBM Storwize Snapshot
Description
This task removes a snapshot from a specified file system or file set. File system snapshots and root file set snapshots do not have the same coverage, so they are different.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Snapshot Select IBM Storwize Snapshot to delete ibm​Storwize​Snap​Shot​Identity Y
If the snapshots are used with NDMP backups, ensure that you deactivate and reactivate the NDMP configuration after you delete the snapshots.​ Do you want to continue?
Outputs
Output Description Type
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​SNAPSHOT_​IDENTITY Output of snapshot identity ibm​Storwize​Snap​Shot​Identity
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​ACCOUNT_​NAME Output of infra account name account​Name
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​SNAPSHOT_​NAME Output of snapshot name gen_​text_​input
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​DATACENTER Output of datacenter name on which selected operation was performed datacenter​Name