HP 3PAR StoreServ 7400 2-node HP 3PAR Command Line Interface Reference (OS 3.1 - Page 118

SPECIFIERS Specifies the name of the Virtual Volume being copied (the parent volume). Optional name of the snapshot Virtual Volumes. If is not specified, the system tries to automatically generate the snapshot name of the form . where is either ro or rw and is either empty or the lowest number starting from 0 that does not conflict with an existing volume name. If the generated name is too long (because the name is too long) the command will fail, and the user is required to specify explicitly. [] Optional ID of the . If the is not specified, an ID is chosen automatically. RESTRICTIONS Use of this command requires a HP 3PAR Virtual Copy license. Contact your local HP 3PAR representative for information. EXAMPLES In the following example, Virtual Volumes VV1 and VV2, and their underlying logical disks are created using the createaldvv command. A read-only snapshot of the volumes is then taken and a list of the volumes is generated using the creategroupsv command: cli% createaldvv -pct 10 VV1 4g cli% createaldvv -pct 10 VV2 4g cli% creategroupsv -ro VV1 VV2 CopyOfVV SnapshotVV VV1 VV1.ro VV2 VV2.ro NOTES • Consistent group snapshots are all created at the same point in time so that related structures on different volumes in the group remain consistent. • A maximum of 256 writable virtual copies per volume are allowed. • A maximum of 2048 virtual copies per volume are allowed. 118 Create Commands