Dell PowerVault MD3000i Command Line Interface Guide - Page 82

Setting the targetReadOnlyEnabled parameter to TRUE means that write requests cannot be made to the target virtual disk. This setting also ensures that the data on the target virtual disk remains unaltered. Refer to steps 1 through 4 in the preceding section, "Preparing Host Servers to Create a Virtual Disk Copy" on page 80. The following example is the script file version of the command: create virtualDiskcopy source="Jaba_Hut" target= "Obi_1" copyPriority=medium targetreadonlyenabled= true; After the virtual disk copy operation is completed, the target virtual disk automatically becomes read-only to the hosts. Any write requests to the target virtual disk are rejected, unless you disable the read-only attribute. Use the set virtualDiskCopy command to disable the read-only attribute. Viewing Virtual Disk Copy Properties Using the show virtualDiskCopy command, you can view information about one or more selected source virtual disks or target virtual disks. This command returns the following information: • The virtual disk role (target or source) • The copy status • The start timestamp • The completion timestamp • The virtual disk copy priority • The read-only attribute setting for the target virtual disk • The source virtual disk World Wide Identifier (WWID) or the target virtual disk WWID A virtual disk can be a source virtual disk for one virtual disk copy and a target virtual disk for another virtual disk copy. If a virtual disk participates in more than one virtual disk copy, the details are repeated for each associated copy pair. The following syntax is the general form of the command: show virtualDiskCopy (allVirtualDisks | source [sourceName] | target [targetName]) 82 Using the Virtual Disk Copy Feature