Dell PowerVault MD 32XX/36XX Series Storage Arrays CLI Guide

This chapter describes how the Virtual Disk Copy feature works, lists the script commands for Virtual Disk Copy, and explains how to use the commands to create and run Virtual Disk Copy. Additional information about Virtual Disk Copy and related definitions is available in the Deployment Guide and the Administrator's Guide.

The Virtual Disk Copy feature enables you to copy data from one virtual disk (the source) to another virtual disk (the target) in a single storage array. You can use this feature to perform the following functions:

• Back up data.
• Copy data from disk groups that use smaller capacity physical disks to disk groups using larger capacity physical disks.
• Restore snapshot virtual disk data to the associated source virtual disk.
• Copy data from a thin virtual disk to a standard virtual disk on the same storage array.