You can create copies of your LUNs by cloning the LUNs in the active volume. These FlexClone LUNs are readable and writeable copies of the original LUNs in the active volume.
Before you begin
A FlexClone license must be installed.
About this task
A space-reserved FlexClone LUN requires as much space as the space-reserved parent LUN. If the FlexClone LUN is not space-reserved, you must ensure that the volume has enough space to accommodate changes to the FlexClone LUN.
- You must have verified that the LUNs are not mapped to an igroup or are written to before making the clone.
- Use the lun show command to verify that the LUN exists.
Example lun show -vserver vs1Vserver Path State Mapped Type Size
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vs1 /vol/vol1/lun1 online unmapped windows 47.07MB
- Use the volume file clone create command to create the FlexClone LUN.
Example volume file clone create -vserver vs1 -volume vol1 -source-path lun1 -destination-path/lun1_clone
If you need the FlexClone LUN to be available for automatic deletion, you include -autodelete true. If you are creating this FlexClone LUN in a volume using semi-thick provisioning, you must enable automatic deletion for all FlexClone LUNs.
- Use the lun show command to verify that you created a LUN.
Examplelun show -vserver vs1Vserver Path State Mapped Type Size
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vs1 /vol/volX/lun1 online unmapped windows 47.07MB
vs1 /vol/volX/lun1_clone online unmapped windows 47.07MB