Configuration: Premium Feature—Virtual Disk Copy 167• The Create Copy Wizard, which assists in creating a virtual disk copy• The Copy Manager, which monitors virtual disk copies after they havebeen createdBefore you BeginA virtual disk copy fails all snapshot virtual disks that are associated with thetarget virtual disk, if any exist. If you select a source virtual disk of a snapshotvirtual disk, you must disable all of the snapshot virtual disks that areassociated with the source virtual disk before you can select it as a targetvirtual disk. Otherwise, the source virtual disk cannot be used as a targetvirtual disk.A virtual disk copy overwrites data on the target virtual disk and automaticallymakes the target virtual disk read-only to hostsIf eight virtual disk copies with a status of In Progress exist, any subsequentvirtual disk copy has a status of Pending, which stays until one of the eightvirtual disk copies completes.Virtual Disk Copy and Modification OperationsIf a modification operation is running on a source virtual disk or a targetvirtual disk, and the virtual disk copy has a status of In Progress, Pending, orFailed, the virtual disk copy does not take place. If a modification operation isrunning on a source virtual disk or a target virtual disk after a virtual disk copyhas been created, the modification operation must complete before thevirtual disk copy can start. If a virtual disk copy has a status of In Progress, anymodification operation does not take place.Create Copy WizardThe Create Copy Wizard guides you through:1 Selecting a source virtual disk from a list of available virtual disks2 Selecting a target virtual disk from a list of available virtual disks3 Setting the copy priority for the virtual disk copyWhen you have completed the wizard dialogs, the virtual disk copy starts, anddata is read from the source virtual disk and written to the target virtual disk.Operation in Progress icons appear on the source virtual disk and the targetvirtual disk while the virtual disk copy has a status of In Progress or Pending.
