Creating A Virtual Disk Copy - Dell PowerVault Manual

After completion of the virtual disk copy of a snapshot (legacy), the legacy snapshot is disabled. After
completion of the virtual disk copy using a snapshot image, the snapshot image is deleted and the
snapshot virtual disk is disabled.
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.
NOTE: Snapshots created using older (legacy) premium feature versions cannot be managed using
newer snapshot premium feature options. Also, a virtual disk in a snapshot group cannot be a target
for a virtual disk copy. If you want to choose the base virtual disk of an older (legacy) snapshot
virtual disk as your target virtual disk, you must first disable all snapshot (legacy) virtual disks that are
associated with the base virtual disk.
The following table lists the Virtual Disk Copy commands.
NOTE: These commands apply when you are using a snapshot or a snapshot (legacy) image.
Table 12. Virtual Disk Copy Commands
Command
create virtualDiskCopy
recopy virtualDiskCopy
enable storageArray feature
recopy virtualDiskCopy
remove virtualDiskCopy
set virtualDiskCopy
show virtualDiskCopy
show virtualDiskCopy sourceCandidates
show virtualDiskCopy targetCandidates
stop virtualDiskCopy

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.
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Description
Creates a virtual disk copy and starts the virtual disk
copy operation.
Reinitiates a virtual disk copy operation using an
existing virtual disk copy pair.
Activates the Virtual Disk Copy feature.
Re-initiates a virtual disk copy operation by using
an existing virtual disk copy pair.
Removes a virtual disk copy pair.
Defines the properties for a virtual disk copy pair.
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.
Returns information about the candidate virtual
disks that you can use as the source for a virtual
disk copy operation.
Returns information about the candidate virtual
disks that you can use as the target for a virtual disk
copy operation.
Stops a virtual disk copy operation.