4Remove the drive letter(s) of the source and (if mounted) virtual disk in Windows or unmount the virtual drive(s) in Linux to help guarantee a stable copy of the drive for the virtual disk. If this is not done, the copy operation will report that it has completed successfully, but the copied data will not be updated properly.
5Follow any additional instructions for your operating system. Failure to follow these additional instructions can create unusable virtual disk copies.
NOTE: If your operating system requires additional instructions, you can find those instructions in your operating system documentation.
Copying the Virtual Disk
After first preparing the host server(s) as specified in the preceding procedure, complete the following steps to make a virtual disk copy:
1Click the Configure tab, then click Create Virtual Disk Copies.
2On the Select Source Virtual Disk page, select the virtual disk to copy (source virtual disk), and click Next.
The Select Target Virtual Disk page appears.
NOTE: If the virtual disk you select is not valid, an information dialog box appears explaining the types of virtual disks you can use as the source for a virtual disk copy. Click OK to close this dialog box and select a different source virtual disk.
3Choose the target virtual disk:
a To use an existing virtual disk as the target, select Use an existing virtual disk and highlight the virtual disk of your choice in the list.
NOTE: If you select a target virtual disk with a capacity similar to the source virtual disk, you reduce the risk of having unusable space on the target virtual disk after the virtual disk copy is completed.
bTo create a new virtual disk for the target, select Create a new virtual disk. Type a name for this new target virtual disk in the text box.
4Click Next at the bottom of the page.
The Create virtual disk
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