Volume Copy Using the vol copy Command Set15-5
packets. Users of the filers involved in a volume copy operation might notice a degra-
dation in response time during the copy.
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To copy one volume to another, use the following command syntax:
vol copy start [ -S | -s
snapshot
]
source
destination

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The -S and -s arguments specify the snapshots to copy. Table 15-2 describes the
snapshots to copy and the resulting snapshots on the destination volume, depending
on the argument.
NOTE: The vol copy start -S command does not copy any snapshots that are
created when the copying is in progress. For example, if the copying lasts from
11:45p.m. to 1:00 a.m. the next day, and the filer creates a snapshot named nightly.1
at midnight, the filer does not copy the nightly.1 snapshot.

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The source and destination arguments are the names of the volumes. If a volume is
on a different filer, precede the volume name with the filer name and a colon. For
examples illustrating how to specify volume names, see Examples of the vol copy
start Command.
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None The snapshot taken after
you enter the vol copy
start command
A snapshot named
snapshot_for_backup.n, where n
is a number starting at 0
-S All snapshots in the snap-
shot file system of the
source volume and the
snapshot taken after you
enter the vol copy
start command
All snapshots in the source vol-
ume and
snapshot_for_backup.n, where n
is a number starting at 0
-s followed by
the name of the
snapshot
The specified snapshot The specified snapshot