HP P6000 Replication Solutions Manager Job Command Reference (T3680-96090, October 2012)

• This command cannot be used with some older versions of controller software. For information
on controller version feature support, see the HP P6000 Enterprise Virtual Array Compatibility
Reference.
• See Resource names and UNC formats.
SnapcloneStorageVolumesToContainers
Creates a preallocated snapclones (point-in-time copies) of a multiple storage volumes, by using
containers.
Syntax and arguments
SnapcloneStorageVolumesToContainers ( %storvol_unc_names%, %container_unc_names%, NOWAIT )
UNC Storage Volume Names (%storvol_unc_names%). Select or enter the UNC names of the storage
volumes to copy. See Argument lists. Or, select a variable used in a prior step that represents the
storage volumes.
UNC Container Names (%container_unc_names%). Select or enter the names of the virtual disk
containers that are to become the preallocated snapclones. Or, select a variable used in a prior
step that represents the containers.
Wait Flag. Select WAIT or NOWAIT. See Wait/nowait argument.
Examples
SnapcloneStorageVolumesToContainers ( ("\\ArrayA2\Cats", "\\ArrayA2\Dogs"), ("\\ArrayA2\CatsContainer",
"\\ArrayA2\DogsContainer"), NOWAIT )
SnapcloneStorageVolumesToContainers ( $my_svol_list, $cont_list, NOWAIT )
Comments
• Associated validation commands. ValidateSnapcloneStorageVolume.
• Agent and license prerequisites. Requires a local replication license for the storage systems
on which the storage volumes are located.
• Command result value. List of snapclone storage volume names (UNC). For a complete list,
see Command result values.
• OS specifics. None.
• A flush of the source virtual disks write cache is required before replication is started.
• This command cannot be used with some older versions of controller software. For information
on controller version feature support, see the HP P6000 Enterprise Virtual Array Compatibility
Reference.
• See Resource names and UNC formats.
SnapshotDiskDevice
Creates a snapshot (a point-in-time copy) of the virtual disk that underlies a host disk device (raw
disk).
The snapshot copy (virtual disk) is presented to the enabled host and a host bus scan is performed
to identify the presented storage.
176 Job Commands