Dell PowerVault MD3200 CLI Guide - Page 78

Table 5-1 lists the Virtual Disk Copy commands and briefly describes what the commands do. 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 Turns off the current virtual disk copy operation. feature=virtualDiskCopy 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. 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. 78 Using the Virtual Disk Copy Feature