Dell PowerVault MD3060e Series, Cli Manual

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controller module for the snapshot virtual disk would be Mars_Spirit_4-1. The default name provided by the RAID
controller module for the repository virtual disk would be Mars_Spirit_4-R1.
Changing Snapshot Virtual Disk Settings
The
set (snapshot) virtualDisk
command enables you to change the property settings for a snapshot virtual
disk. Using this command, you can change the following parameters:
• Name of the snapshot virtual disk
• Warning threshold percent
• Repository full policy
The following example shows the command to change the name of a snapshot virtual disk:
client>smcli 123.45.67.89 -c "set virtualDisk
[\"Mars_Spirit_4-1\"] userLabel=\"Mars_Odyssey_3-2\";"
The following example is the script file version of the command:
set virtualDisk ["Mars_Spirit_4-1"] userLabel=
"Mars_Odyssey_3-2";
When you change the warning threshold percent and repository full policy, you can apply the changes to one or several
snapshot virtual disks. The following example uses the
set (snapshot) virtualDisk
command to change
these properties on more than one snapshot virtual disk:
client>smcli 123.45.67.89 -c "set virtualDisks
[\"Mars_Spirit_4-1\" \"Mars_Spirit_4-2\"
\"Mars_Spirit_4-3\"] warningThresholdPercent=50
repositoryFullPolicy=failSourceWrites;"
The following example is the script file version of the command:
set virtualDisks ["Mars_Spirit_4-1"
"Mars_Spirit_4-2" "Mars_Spirit_4-3"]
warningThresholdPercent=50 repositoryFullPolicy=
failSourceWrites;
Stopping And Deleting A Snapshot Virtual Disk
When you create a snapshot virtual disk, copy-on-write immediately starts running. As long as a snapshot virtual disk is
enabled, storage array performance is affected by the copy
‑
on
‑
write operations to the associated snapshot repository
virtual disk. If you no longer want copy-on-write operations to run, you can use the
stop snapshot
virtualDisk
command to stop the copy
‑
on
‑
write operations. When you stop a snapshot virtual disk, the snapshot
virtual disk and the repository virtual disk are still defined for the source virtual disk; only copy-on-write has stopped.
The following example stops a snapshot virtual disk:
client>smcli 123.45.67.89 -c "stop snapshot
virtualDisks [\"Mars_Spirit_4-2\" \"Mars_Spirit_4-3\"];"
The following example is the script file version of the command:
stop snapshot virtualDisks ["Mars_Spirit_4-2"
"Mars_Spirit_4-3"];
When you stop the copy-on-write operations for a specific snapshot virtual disk, only that snapshot virtual disk is
disabled. All other snapshot virtual disks remain in operation.
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