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Taking traditional snapshot of data volumes of an RVG

This task creates a traditional snapshot volume for each data volume in an RVG.

  Note   A snapshot plex must be available for this task to succeed. The snapshot plex can be created using the vxassist snapshot vol command.

• A volume can have more than one snapshot volume.
• This task is not distributed, that is, it will only be executed on the current host.
• For more information on the snapshot feature, see Understanding the VVR snapshot feature.

 To take a traditional snapshot

1. Choose Replication Tasks > Take Traditional Snapshot Data Volumes of RVG.
2. Select the RVG from the list.

   The following screen displays:

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3. Optionally, enter a prefix in the Prefix entry field. This prefix enables you to easily identify the snapshot name. If you do not specify a prefix, provides a default in the format SNAP#-<volume name>.
4. To initiate the task, press enter.

   The command status screen displays.

5. Press F3 until you return to the main menu.