IBM XIV Storage System Copy Services and Migration

The new snapshot is displayed in Figure 1-9. The XIV Storage System uses a specific namingconvention. The first part is the name of the volume followed by the word snapshot and then anumber or count of snapshots for the volume. The snapshot is the same size as the mastervolume. However, it does not display how much space has been used by the snapshot.Figure 1-9 View of the new snapshotFrom this view shown in Figure 1-9, there are three other details:► First is the locked property of the snapshot. By default, a snapshot is locked, which meansthe it is write inhibited at the time of creation.► Secondly, the modified property is displayed to the right of the locked property. In thisexample, the snapshot has not been modified.► Third, the creation date is displayed. For this example, the snapshot was created on12 June 2009 at 21:39.You might want to create a duplicate snapshot, for example, if you want to keep this snapshotas it is and you want another one that you want to modify,The duplicate has the same creation date as the first snapshot, and it also has a similarcreation process. From the Volumes and snapshots view, right-click the snapshot to duplicate.Select Duplicate from the menu to create a new duplicate snapshot. Figure 1-10 provides anexample of duplicating the snapshot, ITSO_Volume.snapshot_00001.Figure 1-10 Creating a duplicate snapshotAfter selecting Duplicate from the menu, the duplicate snapshot is displayed directly underthe original snapshot.Chapter 1. Snapshots 9