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Prerequisites
• You must have the Storage Administrator (Local Copy) role.
• In RAID Manager, use the
raidcom mount snapshot
command.
You can assign an S-VOL to snapshot data of an existing Fast Snap pair.
Procedure
1. In the Explorer pane, click Storage Systems , expand the storage system tree, expand Replication ,
and then click Local Replication .
2. In the Local Replication window, select a P-VOL in the FS Root Volumes tab or a snapshot group in
the Snapshot Groups tab.
3. Click Operate FS Pairs .
4. In the FS Pairs window, click More Actions > Assign Secondary Volumes .
You can specify P-VOLs in Remote Web Console until the total number of snapshots or clones
reaches 32,768. In addition, you can specify snapshot groups until the total number of pairs reaches
32,768.
5. From the Available LDEVs table, select the LDEV you want to assign as the S-VOL, and then click
Set .
The selected LDEV is displayed in the Secondary Volumes column of the Selected Pairs table.
NOTE:
• The Online Migration volumes do not appear in the Available Primary Volumes table.
• If you select a capacity in Capacity , the Available LDEVs and Selected Pairs tables display the
LDEVs that match the selected capacity.
• If you select a row in the Available LDEVs table and a row in the Selected Pairs table and then
click Set , you can configure a pair.
6. Click Finish , and then confirm the settings.
7. Accept the default task name or enter a unique name.
You can enter up to 32 letters, numbers, and symbols, except the following:
\ / : , ; * ? " < > |
8. If you want to monitor the task after submitting it, select Go to tasks window for status .
9. Click Apply to submit the task.
More information
Assign Secondary Volumes window on page 293
Releasing assignment of secondary volumes from Fast
Snap pair snapshot data
NOTE: If the amount of snapshot data in selected P-VOLs or the total number of pairs in selected
snapshot groups exceeds 32,768, an error message appears when attempting to perform pair tasks.
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