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Create a thin clone of a volume, Create a thin clone of a volume group

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The base volume family for Volume 1 includes all the snapshots and thin clones that are shown in the diagram. For Thin Clone 2: • The source snapshot is Snapshot 2. • The family is Volume 1. • The original parent is Snapshot 2. For Thin Clone 3: • The source snapshot is Snapshot 3. • The family is Volume 1. • The original parent is Snapshot 3. Now, if Thin Clone 3 is refreshed from Snapshot 1: • The source snapshot has changed from Snapshot 3 to Snapshot 1. • The base resource is still Volume 1. • The original parent resource is still Thin Clone 2. If Thin Clone 2 is deleted after Thin Clone 3 is refreshed, the original parent resource shows as empty. Create a thin clone of a volume Steps 1. Under Storage, select Volumes. 2. Select the volume to thin clone. 3. Select More Actions > Clone using Volume. 4. On the Clone slide-out panel, specify the thin clone information. Create a thin clone of a volume group Steps 1. Under Storage, select Volume Groups. 2. Select the volume group to thin clone. 3. Select More Actions > Clone using Volume Group. 4. On the Clone slide-out panel, specify the thin clone information. Thin clones 17

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The base volume family for Volume 1 includes all the snapshots and thin clones that are shown in the diagram.
For Thin Clone 2:
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The source snapshot is Snapshot 2.
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The family is Volume 1.
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The original parent is Snapshot 2.
For Thin Clone 3:
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The source snapshot is Snapshot 3.
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The family is Volume 1.
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The original parent is Snapshot 3.
Now, if Thin Clone 3 is refreshed from Snapshot 1:
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The source snapshot has changed from Snapshot 3 to Snapshot 1.
•
The base resource is still Volume 1.
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The original parent resource is still Thin Clone 2.
If Thin Clone 2 is deleted after Thin Clone 3 is refreshed, the original parent resource shows as empty.
Create a thin clone of a volume
Steps
1.
Under
Storage
, select
Volumes
.
2.
Select the volume to thin clone.
3.
Select
More Actions
>
Clone using Volume
.
4.
On the
Clone
slide-out panel, specify the thin clone information.
Create a thin clone of a volume group
Steps
1.
Under
Storage
, select
Volume Groups
.
2.
Select the volume group to thin clone.
3.
Select
More Actions
>
Clone using Volume Group
.
4.
On the
Clone
slide-out panel, specify the thin clone information.
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