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

Syntax and arguments
When initially inserted into a job, the command syntax and default arguments are:
SnapshotDiskDevice ( %host_storvol_unc_name%, DEMAND_ALLOCATED, SAME, %new_storvol_name%, WAIT )
Host Storage Volume UNC Name (%host_storvol_unc_name%). Select or enter the UNC name of
the host disk device to be copied.
Snapshot Type. Select demand_allocated or fully_allocated.
RAID Level. Select the redundancy level for the copy. Choices are RAID0, RAID1, RAID5, RAID6,
and same. See virtual disks redundancy level.
New Virtual Disk Name (%new_storvol_name%). Enter a name for the copy.
Wait for Discovery. Select wait or nowait. See the Wait/nowait argument.
Examples
These examples show host volume mount points. Device names can also be used.
SnapshotDiskDevice ( "\\HostA2\/home/cats", DEMAND_ALLOCATED, SAME, "Cats_copy",
WAIT )
AIX
SnapshotDiskDevice ( "\\HostA2\/users/cats", DEMAND_ALLOCATED, SAME, "Cats_copy",
WAIT )
HP-UX
SnapshotDiskDevice ( "\\HostA2\/var/cats", DEMAND_ALLOCATED, SAME, "Cats_copy", WAIT
)
Linux
SnapshotDiskDevice ( "\\HostA2\CATS:", DEMAND_ALLOCATED, SAME, "Cats_copy", WAIT
)
OpenVMS
SnapshotDiskDevice ( "\\HostA2\/usr/cats", DEMAND_ALLOCATED, SAME, "Cats_copy", WAIT
)
Solaris
SnapshotDiskDevice ( "\\HostA2\/dev/disk/dsk100c", DEMAND_ALLOCATED, SAME,
"Cats_copy", WAIT )
Tru64 UNIX
Windows
SnapshotDiskDevice ( "\\HostA2\E:\", DEMAND_ALLOCATED, SAME, "Cats_copy", WAIT )Drive
SnapshotDiskDevice ( "\\HostA2\E:\pets\cats", DEMAND_ALLOCATED, SAME, "Cats_copy",
WAIT )
Drive & folders
Comments
• Associated validation commands. ValidateHost, ValidateHostVolume,
ValidateSnapshotHostVolume.
• Agent and license prerequisites. Requires a host agent. Requires a local replication license
for the storage system on which the underlying storage volume (presented source) is located.
• Command result value. Snapshot storage volume name (UNC). For a complete list, see
Command result values.
• OS specifics. Yes. See examples.
• Some storage volumes that underlie a host disk device cannot be copied using snapshot
replication. See the HP P6000 Replication Solutions Manager User Guide for snapshot
guidelines.
• See Resource names and UNC formats.
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