We used the PowerStore snapshot design principles described in the preceding section to take a snapshot of the PROD database:
- Log in to the PowerStore Manager and Select Storage > Volumes.
- Select the MySQL_PROD_DATA-001 volume.
- Go to More Actions.
- Click Create Thin Clone Using Volume.
Figure 15. Creating a thin clone
- Give the cloned volume a name and optionally select a performance policy (High, Medium, or Low) based on dev/test usage.
Figure 16. Select performance policy and click Clone
Consider these differences when selecting a performance policy:
- High—Affects the production performance.
- Medium—Has less impact on production performance as compared to High policy.
- Low—Has less impact compared to Medium policy and much less impact compared to High policy.
- Click Clone.
- Repeat the preceding steps for the remaining volumes for the dev/test VM.