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

Snapshot Type. Select demand_allocated or fully_allocated.
Wait for Discovery. Select wait or nowait. See Wait/nowait argument.
Examples
SnapshotStorageVolumeToContainer ( "\\ArrayA2\Cats", "\\ArrayA2\CatsContainer", DEMAND_ALLOCATED,
NOWAIT )
Comments
• Associated validation commands. ValidateSnapshotStorageVolume.
• Agent and license prerequisites. Requires a local replication license for the storage system on
which the storage volume is located.
• Command result value. Snapshot storage volume name (UNC). For a complete list, see
Command result values.
• OS specifics. None.
• Some storage volumes cannot be copied using snapshot replication. See the HP P6000
Replication Solutions Manager User Guide for snapshot guidelines.
• 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.
SnapshotStorageVolumesToContainers
Creates preallocated snapshots (point-in-time copies) of multiple storage volumes, by using
containers.
Syntax and arguments
When initially inserted into a job, the command syntax and default arguments are:
SnapshotStorageVolumesToContainers ( %storvol_unc_names%, %container_unc_names%, FULLY_ALLOCATED, NOWAIT
)
UNC Storage Volume Names (%storvol_unc_name%). 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 UNC names of the storage
containers to use for the snapshots. Or, select a variable used in a prior step that represents the
containers.
Snapshot Type. Select demand_allocated or fully_allocated.
Wait for Discovery. Select wait or nowait. See Wait/nowait argument.
Examples
SnapshotStorageVolumesToContainers ( ("\\ArrayA2\Cats", "\\ArrayA2\Dogs"), ("\\ArrayA2\CatsContainer",
"\\ArrayA2\DogsContainer"), FULLY_ALLOCATED, NOWAIT )
SnapshotStorageVolumesToContainers ($my_svol_list, $cont_list, FULLY_ALLOCATED, NOWAIT )
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