CLI Guide

Description
This command creates a new, empty consistency group that can contain snapshot groups. You must add
the snapshot groups using the set consistencyGroup addCGMember command.
Syntax
create consistencyGroup userLabel="consistencyGroupName"
[repositoryFullPolicy=(failBaseWrites repositoryFullLimit=percentValue |
autoDeleteLimit=numberOfSnapImages |
enableSchedule=(TRUE | FALSE) |
schedule (immediate | snapSchedule) |
rollbackPriority=(lowest | low | medium | high | highest)]
Parameters
Parameter Description
userLabel
The name of the new consistency group that you
want to create. Enclose the new consistency group
name in double quotation marks (" ").
repositoryFullPolicy
How you want snapshot processing to continue if
the snapshot repository virtual disks are full. You
can choose to fail writes to the base virtual disk
(failBaseWrites) or delete (purge) the snapshot
images (purgeSnapImages). The default action is
purgeSnapImages.
repositoryFullLimit
The percentage of repository capacity at which
you receive a warning that the snapshot repository
virtual disk is nearing full. Use integer values. For
example, a value of 70 means 70 percent. The
default value is 75.
autoDeleteLimit
The maximum number of snapshot images that
you want to automatically delete if you have
selected to purge the snapshot images for a
repository full policy. The default value is 32.
enableSchedule
Whether the ability to schedule a snapshot
operation is turned on or turned off. To turn on
snapshot scheduling, set this parameter to TRUE.
To turn off snapshot scheduling, set this parameter
to FALSE.
schedule
Use this parameter to schedule a snapshot
operation.
You can use one of these options for setting a
schedule for a snapshot operation:
• immediate
• startDate
• scheduleDay
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