Snapshot tree components

Thin Image User Guide

Version
9.8.6
Audience
anonymous
Part Number
MK-98RD9020-16

A snapshot tree contains the following volumes.

Volume type Volumes that can be used Description
Root
  • Logical volume (LDEV)
  • DP-VOL

Volume (P-VOL in an L1 pair) in the top layer of a snapshot tree.

Node DP-VOL

Volumes located between the root volume and leaf volumes.

S-VOL of the root volume (or another node volume), and the P-VOL of a leaf volume (or another node volume).

Leaf DP-VOL

Volumes in the bottom layer of a snapshot tree.

S-VOL of the root volume or a node volume, which is not a P-VOL of any pair.