Dell PowerVault MD3000 - Manual (Page 137)

Script Commands
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NOTE:
If you do not choose a name for the either the snapshot virtual disk or
repository virtual disk, the RAID controller modules create a default name using the
source virtual disk name. For example, if the source virtual disk name is aaa and
does not have a snapshot virtual disk, the default snapshot virtual disk name is
aaa – 1. If the source virtual disk already has n – 1 number of snapshot virtual disks,
the default name is aaa –
n. If the source virtual disk name is aaa and the source
virtual disk does not have a repository virtual disk, the default repository virtual disk
name is aaa – R1. If the source virtual disk already has n – 1 number of repository
virtual disks, the default name is aaa – R
n.
Create Virtual Disk Copy
This command creates a virtual disk copy and starts the virtual disk copy
operation.
NOTE:
Refer to "Preparing Host Servers to Create a Virtual Disk Copy" on page 80.
NOTICE:
Before you create a new copy of a source virtual disk, stop any data
access (I/O) activity or suspend data transfer to the source virtual disk and (if
applicable, the target disk) to ensure that you capture an accurate point-in-time
image of the source virtual disk. Close all applications, including Windows Internet
Explorer, to make sure all I/O activity has stopped.
NOTE:
Removing the drive letter of the associated virtual disk(s) in Windows or
unmounting the virtual drive in Linux will help to guarantee a stable copy of the
drive for the virtual copy.
NOTE:
You can have a maximum of eight virtual disk copies in progress at one time.
If you try to create more than eight virtual disk copies at one time, the RAID
controller modules return a status of Pending until one of the virtual disk copies that
is in progress finishes and returns a status of Complete.
Syntax
create virtualDiskCopy source=" sourceName " target=
" targetName " [copyPriority=(highest | high |
medium | low | lowest) targetReadOnlyEnabled=(TRUE
| FALSE)]