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joshua_buck
Novice I
3 years ago

Is the concept of "refreshing" volume groups possible

Is the concept of "refreshing" volume groups possible on an existing copy of a volume group? Let me rephrase. Say I setup a volume group (VG) of 24 volumes (PRD01) that are for a production database. I want to snapshot that group of 24 volumes and create a copy of it to repurpose as a prod support DB copy (COPY01) and another copy to mount on another server to get backed up (COPY02). When its time to backup the server again can I refresh the data of PRD01 group to COPY02?
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  • Cody_Hosterman's avatar
    Cody_Hosterman
    Puritan
    3 years ago
    yeah vgroups are more of a reporting/grouping function today, not so much for features. The only storage feature available really on them is QoS. So you would want to put them in a pgroup with a local snapshot policy enabled or no policy at all and take pgroup snapshots as needed
  • joshua_buck's avatar
    joshua_buck
    Novice I
    3 years ago
    Ok i'll read about those more.. from first glance it seems those were for sending copies remotely
  • joshua_buck's avatar
    joshua_buck
    Novice I
    3 years ago
    And maybe its just the v6.1.19 that we currently have, but is there a shortcut for creating snapshots for an entire "volume group"? Or will that be what a protection group is for also?
  • joshua_buck's avatar
    joshua_buck
    Novice I
    3 years ago
    Maybe Im missing something, but why am i getting this error trying to copy a protection group?
  • joshua_buck's avatar
    joshua_buck
    Novice I
    3 years ago
    going to delete what i have and start over skipping the volume group stuff