Creating FlexClone files

You can use System Manager to create a FlexClone file, which is a writable copy of a parent file. You can use these copies to test applications.

Before you begin

The file that is cloned must be part of the active file system.
The FlexClone license must be installed on the storage system.

About this task

FlexClone files are supported only for FlexVol volumes.
You can create a FlexClone file of a parent file that is within a volume by accessing the parent file from the volume in which it resides, not from the parent volume.
You cannot create a FlexClone file on a SnapLock volume.

Steps

Click Storage > Volumes.
From the drop-down menu in the SVM field, select All SVMs.
Select the volume in which you want to create a FlexClone file from the list of volumes.
Click More Actions > Clone > Create > File.
In the Create FlexClone File dialog box, select the file that you want to clone, and then specify a name for the FlexClone file.
Click Clone.

Result

The FlexClone file is created in the same volume as the parent file.