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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Snapshot Client Administrator's Guide
  3. Appendix A. Managing nbu_snap (Solaris)
  4. About managing nbu_snap
  5. nbu_snap commands
  6. snapon command
Veritas NetBackup™ Snapshot Client Administrator's Guide

snapon command

snapon starts an nbu_snap snapshot (copy-on-write).

Execute this command as root:

   /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/driver/snapon snapshot_source cache

where:

  • snapshot_source is the partition on which the client's file system (the file system to be "snapped") is mounted

  • cache is the raw partition to be used as copy-on-write cache.

Example 1:

   /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/driver/snapon /var /dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s3

Example 2:

   /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/driver/snapon /dev/vx/rdsk/omo/tcp1
        /dev/vx/rdsk/omo/sncache

The snapshot is created on disk, and remains active until it is removed with the snapoff command or the system is restarted.

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