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User-Defined Parameters
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The command in this example creates a new snapshot repository virtual disk that consists of three physical disks. The three physical disks comprise a new disk group with a RAID level of 5. This command also takes a snapshot of the source virtual disk, which starts the copy-on-write operation. The following example is the script file version of the command: create snapshotVirtualDisk sourceVirtualDisk= "Mars_Spirit_4" repositoryRAIDLevel=5 repositoryPhysicalDiskCount=3; User-Defined Parameters Parameters for the create snapshotVirtualDisk command enable you to define the snapshot virtual disk to suit the requirements of your storage array. Table 4-3 lists the parameters and descriptions of what the parameters do. Table 4-3. Snapshot Virtual Disk Parameters Parameter physicalDiskType repositoryDiskGroup freeCapacityArea Description Specifies the type of physical disk to use for the snapshot repository virtual disk. The choice is either Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) or Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA). This parameter works only with the count-based repository method of defining a snapshot virtual disk. Specifies the disk group in which to build the snapshot virtual disk. Default builds the snapshot repository virtual disk in the same disk group as the source virtual disk. Specifies the amount of storage space to use for the snapshot repository virtual disk. Free storage space is defined in units of bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, or gigabytes. 70 Using the Snapshot Feature