Dell PowerVault MD3260i - Manual (Page 64)

Creating A New Virtual Disks Copy
To create a new Virtual Disks copy:
1. Click Create Virtual Disks Copy in the Commands area.
The Virtual Disks Copy wizard is displayed.
Figure 51. Create Virtual Disk Copy Dialog
2. Select the source Virtual Disks and click Next.
NOTE: While the Virtual Disks copy is being established, the source Virtual Disks is read-only to
the host to which the Virtual Disks copy is presented. When the Snapshot premium feature is
enabled, the MD vCenter Plug-in uses the feature to create a snapshot of the source Virtual
Disks before the Virtual Disks copy is initiated and the Virtual Disks copy operation uses the
snapshot Virtual Disks to establish the Virtual Disks copy. This allows for continued read-write
operations to the source Virtual Disks from the host during the establish period.
NOTE: Snapshots for Virtual Disks residing on a disk pool are not supported in this release. Any
Virtual Disks copy using Virtual Disks on a disk pool will be read-only to the host until the copy
process completes.
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