Command Descriptionshow virtualDiskCopy sourceCandidates Returns information about the candidate virtual disks thatyou can use as the source for a virtual disk copyoperation.show virtualDiskCopy targetCandidates Returns information about the candidate virtual disks thatyou can use as the target for a virtual disk copy operation.stop virtualDiskCopy Stops a virtual disk copy operation.Creating A Virtual Disk CopyBefore creating a virtual disk copy, ensure that a suitable target virtual disk exists on the storage array, or create a newtarget virtual disk specifically for the virtual disk copy. The target virtual disk must have a capacity equal to or greaterthan the source virtual disk.You can have a maximum of eight virtual disk copies in progress at one time. Any virtual disk copy greater than eight hasa status of Pending until one of the virtual disk copies with a status of In Progress completes.The following steps show the general process for creating a virtual disk copy:1. Enable the Virtual Disk Copy feature.2. Determine candidates for a virtual disk copy.3. Create the target virtual disk and source virtual disk for a virtual disk copy.Enabling The Virtual Disk Copy FeatureThe first step in creating a virtual disk copy is to make sure the feature is enabled on the storage array. You need afeature key to enable the feature. To enable the feature key file, use the command:enable storageArray feature file="filename"where, the file parameter is the complete file path and file name of a valid feature key file. Enclose the file path andfile name in quotation marks (" "). Valid file names for feature key files usually end with a .key extension.Determining Virtual Disk Copy CandidatesAll virtual disks might not be available for use in virtual disk copy operations. To determine which candidate virtual diskson the storage array can be used as a source virtual disk, use the show virtualDiskCopysourceCandidates command. To determine which candidate virtual disks on the storage array can be used as atarget virtual disk, use the show virtualDiskCopy targetCandidates command. These commands return alist of the expansion enclosure, slot, and capacity information for source virtual disk and target virtual disk candidates.You can use the show virtualDiskCopy sourceCandidates and the show virtualDiskCopytargetCandidates commands only after you have enabled the virtual disk copy feature.Creating A Virtual Disk CopyCAUTION: A virtual disk copy overwrites data on the target virtual disk. Ensure that you no longer need the data orhave backed up the data on the target virtual disk before starting a virtual disk copy.When you create a virtual disk copy, you must define which virtual disks to use for the source virtual disk and targetvirtual disks. Define the source virtual disk and target virtual disk by the name of each virtual disk. You can also define58
