Create a Datastore Snapshot

You can create clones of all the LUNs in an entire datastore by creating a snapshot of that datastore in the vSphere Client with the Oracle vSphere Plug-In for Oracle Flash Storage Systems.

When you create a datastore snapshot, you create a Clone LUN of each LUN contributing to that datastore on the Oracle FS System. The plug-in stores the name you provide and the timestamp as metadata.

In the vSphere inventory tree, select the datastore for which you want to create a snapshot.
This datastore must contain LUNs only from a single Oracle FS System.
Right-click the datastore and select Manage Oracle FS Storage > Manage Snapshots.
In the Oracle FS Authentication dialog, enter the authentication credentials for the system with which you want to work (if you have not yet authenticated).
Result:The Manage Snapshots page displays a list of any existing snapshots of the datastore. Expand a snapshot name to display a list of the Clone LUNs included in the snapshot.
Click Create Snapshot.
In the Create Snapshot dialog, enter a name for the snapshot, and then click OK.
Click Done when finished.