Storage > Volumes : Configuring volumes : Creating a FlexClone volume
Creating a FlexClone volume
You can create a FlexClone volume when you need a writable, point-in-time copy of an existing flexible volume. You might want to create a copy of a FlexVol volume for testing or to provide access to the volume for additional users, without giving them access to the production data.
Before you begin
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The FlexClone license must be installed on the storage system.
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The volume that you want to clone must be online, non-root, and flexible.
About this task
You cannot create a FlexClone volume of a SnapLock Compliance volume.
The base SnapShot copy used to create a FlexClone volume of a SnapMirror destination, is marked as busy and cannot be deleted. If a FlexClone volume is created from a Snapshot copy that is not the most recent Snapshot copy, and that Snapshot copy no longer exists on the source volume, all SnapMirror updates to the destination volume will fail.
Steps
1.
From the
Home
tab, double-click the appropriate storage system.
2.
In the navigation pane,
click
Storage
>
Volumes
.
3.
Select the volume from the volume list.
4.
Click
Clone
>
Create
>
Volume
.
5.
In the
Create New Volume Clone
dialog box, type the name of the FlexClone volume you want to create.
6.
Select the type of space guarantee you want to assign to the new FlexClone volume.
By default, the space guarantee setting is the same as that of the parent volume.
7.
Select the Snapshot copy you want to use for creating the new FlexClone volume.
8.
Click
Clone
.
