Dell PowerVault MD3260i - Manual (Page 68)

The following example is the script file version of the command:
create snapshotVirtualDisk sourceVirtualDisk=
"Mars_Spirit_4" repositoryDiskGroup=2
freeCapacityArea=2;
Creating A Snapshot Virtual Disk By Specifying A Number Of Physical Disks
With this version of the create snapshotVirtualDisk command, you must specify the number of physical disks
and the RAID level for the snapshot repository virtual disk. This version of the create snapshotVirtualDisk
command creates a new disk group. You must have physical disks in the storage array that are not assigned to a disk
group for this command to work:
create snapshotVirtualDisk sourceVirtualDisk=
"sourceVirtualDiskName" [repositoryRAIDLevel=(0 |
1 | 5 | 6) repositoryPhysicalDiskCount=
numberOfPhysicalDisks physicalDiskType=(SAS)
userLabel="snapshotVirtualDiskName"
warningThresholdPercent=percentValue
repositoryPercentOfSource=percentValue
repositoryUserLabel="repositoryName"
repositoryFullPolicy=(failSourceWrites |
failSnapShot)] [enclosureLossProtect=(TRUE |
FALSE)]
NOTE: Use one or all optional parameters as needed to define your configuration. It is not necessary to use any
optional parameters.
The following example is a command in which users specify the number of physical disks:
client>smcli 123.45.67.89 -c "create
snapshotVirtualDisk sourceVirtualDisk=
\"Mars_Spirit_4\" repositoryRAIDLevel=5
repositoryPhysicalDiskCount=3;"
The command in this example creates a new snapshot repository virtual disk that consists of three physical disks. The
three physical disks comprise a new disk group with a RAID level of 5. This command also takes a snapshot of the
source virtual disk, which starts the copy-on-write operation.
The following example is the script file version of the command:
create snapshotVirtualDisk sourceVirtualDisk=
"Mars_Spirit_4" repositoryRAIDLevel=5
repositoryPhysicalDiskCount=3;
User-Defined Parameters
Parameters for the create snapshotVirtualDisk command enable you to define the snapshot virtual disk to
suit the requirements of your storage array. The following table lists the parameters and descriptions of what the
parameters do.
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