Dell 38XX, 34XX Create Read-Only Snapshot Virtual Disk, ConvertToReadWrite command, SnapImageID

Parameter	Description
	256, or 512. For information about the
	segmentSize parameter, see Using the Auto
	Configure Command.
usageHint	Valid values are multiMedia, database or
	fileSystem.

Create Read-Only Snapshot Virtual Disk

Description

This command creates a read-only snapshot virtual disk for the snapshot images of a base virtual disk. To change a read-only snapshot virtual disk to a read/write virtual disk, use the set snapVirtualDisk

convertToReadWrite command.

NOTE: You cannot use this command for a snapshot image that is used in online virtual disk copy.

Syntax

create snapVirtualDisk userLabel="snapVirtualDiskName" snapImageID="snapImageID" readOnly

Parameters

Parameter	Description
userLabel	The name that you want to give to a snapshot
	virtual disk. Enclose the snapshot virtual disk name
	in double quotation marks (" ").
snapImageID	The alphanumeric identifier of a snapshot image
	that you want to add to the new snapshot virtual
	disk. The identifier of a snapshot image is
	comprised of two parts:
	• The name of the snapshot group.
	• An identifier for the snapshot image in the
	snapshot group.
	The identifier for the snapshot image can be one of
	these:
	• An integer value that is the sequence number
	of the snapshot in the snapshot group.
	• NEWEST - Use this option when you want to
	show the latest snapshot image created in the
	snapshot group.
	• OLDEST - Use this option when you want to
	show the earliest snapshot image created in the
	snapshot group.
	Enclose the snapshot image name in double
	quotation marks (" ").

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