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Using the Virtual Disk Copy Feature
Table 5-1 lists the Virtual Disk Copy commands and briefly describes what
the commands do.
Creating a Virtual Disk Copy
Before creating a virtual disk copy, ensure that a suitable target virtual disk
exists on the storage array, or create a new target virtual disk specifically for
the virtual disk copy. The target virtual disk must have a capacity equal to or
greater than the source virtual disk.
You can have a maximum of eight virtual disk copies in progress at one time.
Any virtual disk copy greater than eight has a status of Pending until one of the
virtual disk copies with a status of In Progress completes.
Table 5-1. Virtual Disk Copy Commands
Command Description
create virtualDiskCopy Creates a virtual disk copy and starts the virtual disk
copy operation.
disable storageArray
feature=virtualDiskCopy Turns off the current virtual disk copy operation.
enable storageArray feature Activates the Virtual Disk Copy feature.
recopy virtualDiskCopy Re-initiates a virtual disk copy operation by using an
existing virtual disk copy pair.
remove virtualDiskCopy Removes a virtual disk copy pair.
set virtualDiskCopy Defines the properties for a virtual disk copy pair.
show virtualDiskCopy Returns information about virtual disk copy operations.
You can retrieve information about a specific virtual disk
copy pair, or all virtual disk copy pairs in the storage array.
show virtualDiskCopy
sourceCandidates Returns information about the candidate virtual disks
that you can use as the source for a virtual disk copy
operation.
show virtualDiskCopy
targetCandidates Returns information about the candidate virtual disks
that you can use as the target for a virtual disk copy
operation.
stop virtualDiskCopy Stops a virtual disk copy operation.