CLI Cookbook: taking a snapshot

This article is to document how to take a Snapshot outside of the normal snapshot policy time using the CLI, you can also do this in the GUI using the camera icon. A Snapshot of a VDB is similar to bookmarking a point in time in the life of the VDB.

Procedure:

1. ssh into the Delphix Engine using delphix_admin credentials.

2. Go into databases and select the VDB or dSource you would like to take a Snapshot of .

   CODE

   ssh admin@dengine
   delphix > database
   delphix database > select vdb_test

3. You are now going to sync and commit the operation .

   CODE

   delphix database "vdb_test" > sync
   delphix database "vdb_test" sync *> commit

4. You can verify the snapshot by going to snapshots and listing them

   CODE

   delphix database "vdb_test" > /snapshot
   delphix snapshot > ls