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

Using the recopy virtualDiskCopy command, you can create a new virtual disk copy for a previously defined copy pair that has a status of Stopped, Failed, or Completed. Use the recopy virtualDiskCopy command to create backups of the target virtual disk, then copy the backup to tape for off-site storage. When using the recopy virtualDiskCopy command to make a backup, you cannot write to source while the recopy is running. The recopy might take a long time.

When you run the recopy virtualDiskCopy command, the data on the source virtual disk is copied in its entirety to the target virtual disk.

Reset the copy priority for the recopy operation by using the recopy virtualDiskCopy command. The higher priorities allocate storage array resources to the virtual disk copy at the expense of storage array performance.