dmscli thick-clone snapshot

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Creates a new snapshot from an existing volume's snapshot on a Lightbits cluster.

Synopsis

Creates a new snapshot from an existing volume's snapshot on a Lightbits cluster. The thick clone operation will copy the data from the source snapshot to the destination snapshot.

dmscli thick-clone snapshot [flags]

Examples:

# specify new parameters for the new snapshot dmscli thick-clone snapshot \ --src-cluster-id 6d7f14cf-64ac-4a63-9696-0a88a94b22888 \ --src-proj-name default \ --src-snap-id 6d7f14cf-64ac-4a63-9696-0a88a94b22c3 \ --dst-cluster-id 6d7f14cf-64ac-4a63-9696-0a88a94b22888 \ --dst-proj-name default \ --dst-name volume-001 \ --replica-count 1 \ --size 10gib # use source snapshot size, replica count and dst cluster for the new snapshot (inheriting them) dmscli thick-clone snapshot \ --src-cluster-id 6d7f14cf-64ac-4a63-9696-0a88a94b22888 \ --src-proj-name default \ --src-snap-id 6d7f14cf-64ac-4a63-9696-0a88a94b22c3 \ --dst-proj-name default \ --dst-name volume-001

Flag

Short

Type

Default

Description

--help

-h

bool


Help for clusters.

--compression


bool


Enable/Disable compression for the new clone snapshot (default: same as the src snapshot).

--src-cluster-id

-c

string


Source cluster ID of the source snapshot (required).

--description


string


Description of destination snapshot (default: empty).

--dst-cluster-id

-t

string


Destination cluster ID for the new clone snapshot (required).

--dst-name

-v

string


Name of the new snapshot (required).

--dst-proj-name

-d

string


Destination project name of the new clone snapshot (required).

--dst-qos-policy-name

-q

string


Limiting write/read rates for the thick-clone operation by using lb qos-policy (default is empty).

--replica-count

-r

int32


Replica count of the new snapshot (default: same as the src snapshot).

--sector-size


uint32


Sector size of the new clone snapshot (default: same as the src snapshot).

--size

-z

string


Size of the new snapshot (default: same as the src snapshot).

--src-proj-name

-p

string


Project name of the source snapshot (required).

--src-snap-id

-s

string


Source snapshot UUID for creating a new clone snapshot (required).

--verify-clone


bool


Whether to run verify-clone activity after the clone (default is false).

Response Type

ThickCloneSnapshotResponse - Thick Clone Snapshot Response.

The response to create a thick clone snapshot from a source snapshot.

The ListWorkflows API and the returned workflow ID can be used to track the status of this operation.

Name

Type

Description

WorkflowId

string