Dell PowerVault MD3000i Command Line Interface Guide - Page 67

Refer to steps 1 through 4 in the preceding section, "Preparing Host Servers to Create an Initial Snapshot Virtual Disk" on page 65. The following example is the script file version of the command: create snapshotVirtualDisk sourceVirtualDisk= "Mars_Spirit_4" repositoryRAIDLevel=5 repositoryPhysicalDisks=(1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,5); A minimal version of this command might look like the following example: client>smcli 123.45.67.89 -c "create snapshotVirtualDisk sourceVirtualDisk= \"Mars_Spirit_4\";" The command in this example creates a new snapshot for the source virtual disk Mars_Spirit_4. The repository virtual disk is created in the same disk group as the source virtual disk, which means that the repository virtual disk has the same RAID level as the source virtual disk. This command starts the copy-on-write operation. Refer to steps 1 through 4 in the preceding section, "Preparing Host Servers to Create an Initial Snapshot Virtual Disk" on page 65. The following example is the script file version of the command: create snapshotVirtualDisk sourceVirtualDisk= "Mars_Spirit_4"; Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk with Software-Assigned Physical Disks This version of the create snapshotVirtualDisk command lets you choose an existing disk group in which to place the snapshot repository virtual disk. The storage management software determines which physical disks to use. You can also define how much space to assign to the repository virtual disk. Because you are using an existing disk group, the RAID level for the snapshot virtual disk defaults to the RAID level of the disk group in which you place it. You cannot define the RAID level for the snapshot virtual disk. The general syntax for this command is: create snapshotVirtualDisk sourceVirtualDisk= "sourceVirtualDiskName" [repositoryDiskGroup= diskGroupNumber freeCapacityArea= freeCapacityIndexNumber userLabel= Using the Snapshot Feature 67