Dell PowerVault MD3060e Series, Cli Manual

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Parameter Description
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scheduleInterval
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endDate
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noEndDate
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timesPerDay
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timeZone
The following example of the
create snapshotVirtualDisk
command includes user
‑
defined parameters:
client>smcli 123.45.67.89 -c "create
snapshotVirtualDisk sourceVirtualDisk=
\"Mars_Spirit_4\" repositoryRAIDLevel=5
repositoryPhysicalDiskCount=5 physicalDiskType=
SAS userLabel=\"Mars_Spirit_4_snap1\"
repositoryUserLabel=\"Mars_Spirit_4_rep1\"
warningThresholdPercent=75
repositoryPercentOfSource=40
repositoryFullPolicy=
failSnapShot;"enableSchedule=TRUE schedule=
(immediate | snapshotSchedule)]
The following example is the script file version of the command:
create snapshotVirtualDisk sourceVirtualDisk=
"Mars_Spirit_4" repositoryRAIDLevel=5
repositoryPhysicalDiskCount=5 physicalDiskType=
SAS userLabel="Mars_Spirit_4_snap1"
repositoryUserLabel="Mars_Spirit_4_rep1"
warningThresholdPercent=75
repositoryPercentOfSource=40
repositoryFullPolicy=failSnapShot;
NOTE: In the previous examples, the names for the snapshot virtual disk and repository virtual disk are defined by
the user. If you do not choose to create names for the snapshot virtual disks or the repository virtual disks, the
RAID controller modules provide default names. (See Names Of Snapshot Virtual Disks And Repository Virtual
Disks for an explanation of naming conventions.)
Names Of Snapshot Virtual Disks And Repository Virtual Disks
The names of snapshot virtual disks and repository virtual disks can be any combination of alphanumeric characters,
hyphens, and underscores. The maximum length of the virtual disk names is 30 characters. You must enclose the name
in quotation marks. The character string cannot contain a new line. Make sure that you use unique names or the RAID
controller module firmware returns an error.
One technique for naming the snapshot virtual disk and the repository virtual disk is to add a hyphenated suffix to the
original name of the source virtual disk. The suffix distinguishes between the snapshot virtual disk and the repository
virtual disk. For example, if you have a source virtual disk with a name Engineering Data, the snapshot virtual disk can
have a name Engineering Data-S1. The repository virtual disk can have a name of Engineering Data
‑
R1.
If you do not choose a unique name for either the snapshot virtual disk or repository virtual disk, the RAID controller
modules create a default name by using the name of the source virtual disk. For example, if the name of the source
virtual disk is aaa and it does not have a snapshot virtual disk, then the default name is aaa
‑
1. If the source virtual disk
already has
n
– 1 number of snapshot virtual disks, then the default name is aaa
‑
n. Similarly, if the name of the source
virtual disk is aaa and it does not have a repository virtual disk, then the default repository virtual disk name is aaa
‑
R1. If
the source virtual disk already has
n –
1 number of repository virtual disks, then the default name is aaa-R
n
.
In the examples from the previous section, the user
‑
defined name of the snapshot virtual disk was Mars_Spirit_4_snap1.
The user
‑
defined name of the repository virtual disk was Mars_Spirit_4_rep1. The default name provided by the RAID
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