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 .

   ActionScript

   ssh admin@denginedelphix > databasedelphix database > select vdb_test
   

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

   ActionScript

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

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

   ActionScript

   delphix database "vdb_test" > /snapshotdelphix snapshot > ls