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Split a FlexClone from the parent volume
Availability: This command is available to cluster and Vserver administrators at the admin privilege level.
Description
The volume clone split start
command starts a job to separate the FlexClone volume from the underlying parent volume. Both, the parent and the FlexClone volumes will be available for the duration of the split operation. After the job starts, you can stop it using the volume clone split stop command. You can also stop the job using the job stop command. You can monitor the current progress of the job using the volume clone split show and job show commands. This command is only supported for flexible volumes. This command is not supported on volumes that are being protected as part of a Vserver level SnapMirror.
Parameters
-vserver <vserver name>
- Vserver Name-
This specifies the Vserver that the FlexClone volume exists on.
-flexclone <volume name>
- FlexClone Volume-
This specifies the FlexClone volume that will be split from its parent volume.
[-foreground <true>]
- Foreground Process-
This specifies whether the clone splitting job will run as a foreground job. The default value of this option is
true
.
Examples
The following example starts splitting FlexClone volume fc_vol_1
on Vserver vs1
as a foreground job.
cluster1::> volume clone split start -vserver vs1 -flexclone fc_vol_1 -foreground true