Dell MD3220 Setting Copy Priority, Stopping a Virtual Disk Copy, Select Change→ Copy Priority

Setting Copy Priority

You can use the Copy Manager to select the rate at which a virtual disk copy completes for a selected copy pair. You can change the copy priority for a copy pair at any of these times:

•Before the virtual disk copy begins

•While the virtual disk copy has a status of In Progress

•When you re-create a virtual disk copy

To set copy priority:

1In the AMW, select Virtual Disk→ Copy→ Copy Manager. The Copy Manager window is displayed.

2In the table, select one or more copy pairs.

3Select Change→ Copy Priority.

The Change Copy Priority window is displayed.

4In the Copy priority area, select the appropriate copy priority, depending on your system performance needs.

NOTE: There are five copy priority rates available: lowest, low, medium, high, and highest. If the copy priority is set at the lowest rate, I/O activity is prioritized, and the virtual disk copy takes longer.

Stopping a Virtual Disk Copy

You can stop a virtual disk copy operation that has an In Progress status, a Pending status, or a Failed status. Stopping a virtual disk copy that has a Failed status clears the Needs Attention status displayed for the storage array.

Keep these guidelines in mind when you stop a virtual disk copy:

•To use this option, select only one copy pair in the Copy Manager.

•When the virtual disk copy is stopped, all of the mapped hosts have write access to the source virtual disk. If data is written to the source virtual disk, the data on the target virtual disk no longer matches the data on the source virtual disk.

Configuration: Premium Feature—Virtual Disk Copy

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