application snapshot create
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(DEPRECATED)-Create a snapshot for an application or protection group.
Availability: This command is available to cluster and Vserver administrators at the admin privilege level.
Description
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This command is deprecated and may be removed in a future release of Data ONTAP. Use the REST interface instead. |
This command creates a Snapshot copy of a specified protection-group in a given application. Every application instance also acts as a protection-group and can be treated as one.
Parameters
-vserver <vserver name>- Vserver-
This specifies the Vserver that contains the application on which the snapshot is to be created.
-application <text>- Application-
This specifies the name of the application where a Snapshot is to be created.
[-protection-group <text>]- Protection Group-
This specifies the name of the protection-group or application component where a Snapshot copy is to be created. This field is optional, and if not specified, the application itself will be treated as the protection-group.
-snapshot <snapshot name>- Snapshot-
This specifies the name of the Snapshot that is to be created.
[-uuid <UUID>]- Instance UUID-
This specifies the Instance UUID of the Snapshot that is to be created.
[-snapshot-consistency-type {crash|application}]- Snapshot Consistency Type-
This specifies whether the snapshot being created is application consistent or crash consistent.
[-comment <text>]- Comment-
This specifies a comment to be added to a Snapshot copy at the time of creation.
Examples
The following example creates a Snapshot named snap1 on a application named myapp1 on a vserver named vs of a protection-group called myapp1.
cluster1::> application snapshot create -vserver vs -application myapp1 -protection-group myapp1 -snapshot snap1