Creating FlexClone LUNs from a Snapshot copy in a volume

You can use a Snapshot copy in your volume to create FlexClone copies of your LUNs. FlexClone copies of LUNs are both readable and writeable.

1. Verify that the LUN is not mapped or being written to.
2. Create a Snapshot copy of the volume that contains the LUNs: volume snapshot create -vserver vserver_name -volume volume_name -snapshot snapshot_name

   You must create a Snapshot copy (the backing Snapshot copy) of the LUN you want to clone.

3. Create the FlexClone LUN from the Snapshot copy: file clone create -vserver vserver_name -volume volume_name -source-path source_path -snapshot-name snapshot_name -destination-path destination_path

   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.

4. Verify that the FlexClone LUN is correct: lun show -vserver vserver_name
   Example

   Vserver Path                      State    Mapped    Type     Size
   ------- ----------------------    -------- --------- -------- ------- 
   vs1     /vol/vol1/lun1_clone      online   unmapped windows   47.07MB
   vs1     /vol/vol1/lun1_snap_clone online   unmapped windows   47.07MB