Snapshots can be reinitialized. Reinitializing causes all of the saved data to be erased and starts the snapshot from the current point in time. A reinitialized snapshot has the same original, chunk size, and writeable flags as the original snapshot.
To reinitialize a snapshot, use the Reset command on the snapshot object (not the snapshot volume). This command reinitializes the snapshot without requiring you to manually deactivate and reactivate the volume. The snapshot must be active but unmounted for it to be reinitialized.
This section continues the example from the previous section, where a snapshot object and volume were created. The snapshot object is called "snap" and the volume is called "/dev/evms/snap."
To reinitialize a snapshot, follow these steps:
Select → →
Select the volume "snap."
Click or activate .
Select .
Click or activate .
Click or activate on the action panel.
Click or activate on the warning panel.
Alternatively, you can perform these same steps with the context sensitive menus:
From the Feature Objects panel, right click (or press Enter on) the object .
Click or activate on the popup menu.
Click or activate on the action panel.
Click or activate on the warning panel.