Creating a snapshot volume

Creating a snapshot volume:

#vxassist –g <dg_name> -b snapstart <volume_name>

#vxassist –g <dg_name> snapshot <volume_name> <new_volume_name>

cb17ux4dev# vxassist -g testdg -b snapstart testvol

cb17ux4dev# vxassist -g testdg snapshot testvol newvol

cb17ux4dev# mount -V vxfs /dev/vx/dsk/testdg/newvol /test

cb17ux4dev# df

Filesystem    512-blocks      Free %Used    Iused %Iused Mounted on

/dev/hd4          327680     20912   94%     2898    50% /

/dev/hd2         4194304   1092176   74%    28270    19% /usr

/dev/hd9var      4194304   4044192    4%      710     1% /var

/dev/hd3          131072    118656   10%      156     2% /tmp

/dev/hd1           65536     63696    3%       55     1% /home

/proc                  -         -    -         -     -  /proc

/dev/hd10opt     4194304   1483448   65%    11290     7% /opt

/dev/twslv       1048576    751168   29%     1817     3% /opt/maestro

/dev/bmclv       1048576    550640   48%     2087     4% /opt/bmc

/dev/netbackuplv    1048576    400608   62%      489     2% /opt/netbackup

/dev/nmonlv        65536     28280   57%       87     3% /opt/nmon

/dev/patchlv     8388608   8386672    1%        4     1% /opt/patches

/dev/vx/dsk/testdg/newvol    1024000    955776    7%        4     1% /test