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Creating a Virtual Copy To create a virtual copy: 1. In the Manager Pane, click Provisioning. 2. In the Common Actions Panel, click Create Virtual Copy. The Create Virtual Copy dialog box appears. 3. Start now will be preselected. You may instead choose to select Create schedule. (For information on creating a schedule for this task, see "Schedule Create Virtual Copy" (page 354)). 4. System - Select the system on which the virtual copy will be created. 5. (Optional) Domain - Select the domain in which the virtual copy will reside. 6. Parent Volume - Select the virtual copy's parent volume. 7. Destination Name - Enter the destination volume's name. NOTE: The Destination Name field is automatically populated with @vvname@.@y@@m@@d@@H@@M@@S@, meaning that @vvname@ is replaced with the name of the source volume set and a timestamp containing the year, month, day, hour, minute, and second is appended to that name. If you wish to edit the way the destination volumes are named, click the Edit button ( ) to the right of the Destination Name field to access the Edit Volume Set Name dialog box. You can select from predetermined volume name patterns or enter your own. (For more information, see "Edit Volume Set Name Dialog" (page 355).) 8. ID - Enter an ID for the new virtual copy if you uncheck the Auto box. (Displayed only when the Show advanced options checkbox is selected.) 9. Comments - Enter any notes. 10. Select access permissions for the snapshot. To prevent modifications to this snapshot, select Read Only. To allow modifications to this snapshot or to use it to restore data on a different host, select Read/Write. 11. If you wish to set a retention time, click the Retention Time checkbox, enter a value in the corresponding field, and select a unit of measure, day(s) or hour(s). (Displayed only when the Show advanced options checkbox is selected.) 12. If you wish to set an expiration time, click the Expiration Time checkbox, enter a value in the corresponding field, and select a unit of measure, day(s) or hour(s). (Displayed only when the Show advanced options checkbox is selected.) 13. Click OK. Editing a Virtual Copy To edit a virtual copy: 1. Access the Virtual Volumes tab by clicking on the Virtual Volumes node in Provisioning management tree under the system containing the virtual copy you wish to edit. 2. Right-click the virtual copy you wish to edit and select Edit. The Edit Virtual Copy dialog box appears. 3. Destination Name- Enter a new destination volume. 4. Comments - Enter any notes about the virtual copy. 5. Retention Time - (Available when the Show advanced options checkbox is selected.) Select day(s) or hour(s) and then enter a value from 1 to 14, or 1 to 366, respectively. (Displayed only when the Show advanced options checkbox is selected.) 184 Creating Copies

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Creating a Virtual Copy
To create a virtual copy:
1.
In the Manager Pane, click
Provisioning
.
2.
In the Common Actions Panel, click
Create Virtual Copy
.
The
Create Virtual Copy
dialog box appears.
3.
Start now
will be preselected. You may instead choose to select
Create schedule
.
(For information on creating a schedule for this task, see
“Schedule Create Virtual Copy”
(page 354)
).
4.
System
- Select the system on which the virtual copy will be created.
5.
(Optional)
Domain
- Select the domain in which the virtual copy will reside.
6.
Parent Volume
- Select the virtual copy's parent volume.
7.
Destination Name
- Enter the destination volume's name.
NOTE:
The
Destination Name
field is automatically populated with
@vvname@.@y@@m@@d@@H@@M@@S@
, meaning that
@vvname@
is replaced with
the name of the source volume set and a timestamp containing the year, month, day, hour,
minute, and second is appended to that name. If you wish to edit the way the destination
volumes are named, click the
Edit
button (
) to the right of the
Destination Name
field to
access the
Edit Volume Set Name
dialog box. You can select from predetermined volume
name patterns or enter your own. (For more information, see
“Edit Volume Set Name Dialog”
(page 355)
.)
8.
ID
- Enter an ID for the new virtual copy if you uncheck the Auto box. (Displayed only when
the
Show advanced options
checkbox is selected.)
9.
Comments
- Enter any notes.
10. Select access permissions for the snapshot. To prevent modifications to this snapshot, select
Read Onl
y. To allow modifications to this snapshot or to use it to restore data on a different
host, select
Read/Write
.
11.
If you wish to set a retention time, click the
Retention Time
checkbox, enter a value in the
corresponding field, and select a unit of measure, day(s) or hour(s). (Displayed only when the
Show advanced options
checkbox is selected.)
12.
If you wish to set an expiration time, click the
Expiration Time
checkbox, enter a value in the
corresponding field, and select a unit of measure, day(s) or hour(s). (Displayed only when the
Show advanced options
checkbox is selected.)
13.
Click
OK
.
Editing a Virtual Copy
To edit a virtual copy:
1.
Access the
Virtual Volumes
tab by clicking on the Virtual Volumes node in Provisioning
management tree under the system containing the virtual copy you wish to edit.
2.
Right-click the virtual copy you wish to edit and select
Edit
.
The
Edit Virtual Copy
dialog box appears.
3.
Destination Name
- Enter a new destination volume.
4.
Comments
- Enter any notes about the virtual copy.
5.
Retention Time
- (Available when the
Show advanced options
checkbox is selected.) Select
day(s) or hour(s) and then enter a value from 1 to 14, or 1 to 366, respectively. (Displayed
only when the
Show advanced options
checkbox is selected.)
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Creating Copies