Veritas-bu

[Veritas-bu] snapmirrored volumes question

2005-04-03 04:46:46
Subject: [Veritas-bu] snapmirrored volumes question
From: Tim Berger <tim.berger AT gmail DOT com> (Tim Berger)
Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 00:46:46 -0800
On Apr 2, 2005 11:49 PM, Kennedy, Jeffrey <jkennedy AT qualcomm DOT com> wrote:
> The thing about a snapmirror *volume* is that the entire thing is
> read-only.  Unlike a volume of qtree snapmirror's where the volume is
> read-write but the qtrees are read-only.  This means no snapshots can be
> taken of a snapmirror'd volume.  At least I'm pretty sure that's the way
> it goes.  If not someone will speak up.

Sure can.  That's the beauty of the R200.  Snapshots "roll over", for
example, from a 960, as snapshots of the snapvaulted copy.  It would
be a a real problem if you couldn't snapshot a snapmirror or snapvault
- the process of snapvaulting would corrupt an ongoing backup.
 
[snip]

Cheers,

-Tim