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IBM XIV Storage System Copy Services and Migration

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If you know in advance that an automatic deletion is possible, a pool can be exp<strong>and</strong>ed toaccommodate additional snapshots. This function requires that there is available space onthe system for the storage pool. See Figure 1-5.Snapshot space on a single diskSnapshot free partitionSnapshot 2Snapshot 1Utilization before anew allocationSnapshot 3Snapshot 3Snapshot 2Snapshot 1Snapshot 3Snapshot 2Snapshot free partitionSnapshot 3 allocatesa partition <strong>and</strong>Snapshot 1 isdeleted, becausethere must alwaysbe at least one freepartition for anysubsequent snapshot.Figure 1-5 Diagram of automatic snapshot deletionEach snapshot has a deletion priority property that is set by the user. There are four priorities,with 1 being the highest priority <strong>and</strong> 4 being the lowest priority. The system uses this priorityto determine which snapshot to delete first. The lowest priority becomes the first c<strong>and</strong>idate fordeletion. If there are multiple snapshots with the same deletion priority, the <strong>XIV</strong> systemdeletes the snapshot that was created first. Refer to 1.2.3, “Deletion priority” on page 12 foran example of working with deletion priorities.A snapshot also has a unique ability to be unlocked. By default, a snapshot is locked oncreation <strong>and</strong> is only readable. Unlocking a snapshot allows the user to modify the data in thesnapshot for post-processing.When unlocked, the snapshot takes on the properties of a volume <strong>and</strong> can be resized ormodified. As soon as the snapshot has been unlocked, the modified property is set. Themodified property cannot be reset after a snapshot is unlocked, even if the snapshot isrelocked without modification.In certain cases, it might be important to duplicate a snapshot. When duplicating a snapshot,the duplicate snapshot points to the original data <strong>and</strong> has the same creation date as theoriginal snapshot, if the first snapshot has not been unlocked. This feature can be beneficialwhen the user wants to have one copy for a backup <strong>and</strong> another copy for testing purposes.If the first snapshot is unlocked <strong>and</strong> the duplicate snapshot already exists, the creation timefor the duplicate snapshot does not change. The duplicate snapshot points to the originalsnapshot. If a duplicate snapshot is created from the unlocked snapshot, the creation date isthe time of duplication <strong>and</strong> the duplicate snapshot points at the original snapshot.6 <strong>IBM</strong> <strong>XIV</strong> <strong>Storage</strong> <strong>System</strong>: <strong>Copy</strong> <strong>Services</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Migration</strong>

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