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Cmdlet: New-NcClone


NAME
New-NcClone

SYNOPSIS
Clone a file or LUN.

SYNTAX
New-NcClone [-Volume] <String> [-SourcePath] <String> [[-DestinationPath] <S
tring>] [-Snapshot <String>] [-SpaceReserved [<Boolean>]] [-VserverContext <
String>] [-Controller <NcController[]>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParamet
ers>]


DESCRIPTION
Clone a file or LUN. This is a constant-time, synchronous operation.


PARAMETERS
-Volume <String>
Name of the volume where the source and destination files or LUNs reside
.

Required? true
Position? 1
Default value
Accept pipeline input? true (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters? false

-SourcePath <String>
Relative path of the source file or source LUN inside the volume.

Required? true
Position? 2
Default value
Accept pipeline input? true (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters? false

-DestinationPath <String>
Relative path of the destination file or destination LUN inside the volu
me. The destination must be in same volume as the source. If not speci
fied, the destination is taken as the source appended with "Clone".

Required? false
Position? 3
Default value
Accept pipeline input? true (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters? false

-Snapshot <String>
Snapshot name from which to clone the source file or LUN. If not specif
ied, the contents of the active filesystem will be used.

Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? true (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters? false

-SpaceReserved [<Boolean>]
The space reservation setting of the destination clone. By default spac
e reservation is inherited from source.

Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? true (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters? false

-VserverContext <String>
Vserver to which to direct this command. If the currently connected con
troller (as embodied by an NcController object) represents a cluster, th
ere are multiple means to address commands to one of its vservers. Eith
er set the Vserver field on the NcController object to direct all subseq
uent commands to that vserver, or supply the VserverContext parameter to
an individual cmdlet. Only cmdlets which may be invoked on vservers of
fer the VserverContext parameter.

Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false

-Controller <NcController[]>
A Data ONTAP cluster-mode controller to receive this cmdlet, as embodied
by an NcController object. This parameter is returned by the Connect-N
cController cmdlet. If not specified, the value in the global variable
CurrentNcController is used. In the latter case, if CurrentNcController
contains a collection of NcController objects, this cmdlet is invoked o
n each controller in succession.

Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? true (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters? false

-WhatIf


Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false

-Confirm


Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false

<CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer and OutVariable. For more information, type,
"get-help about_commonparameters".

INPUTS



OUTPUTS



NOTES


Category: clone
API: clone-create
Family: vserver

-------------- Example 1 --------------

C:\PS>New-NcClone testvol exchangeLun exchangeLunClone -SpaceReserved $false


Clone LUN 'exchangeLun' in volume testvol. The result must be thin and have
the name 'exchangeLunClone'.





-------------- Example 2 --------------

C:\PS>Get-NcLun /vol/testvol/exchangeLun | New-NcClone -SpaceReserved $false


Create a thin clone of LUN '/vol/testvol/exchangeLun'.






RELATED LINKS
Get-NcLun







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