You can use SnapCenter to split a cloned resource from the parent resource. The clone that is split becomes independent of the parent resource.
For example, after you create clone1 from a database backup, you can create a backup of clone1, and then clone this backup (clone2). After you create clone2, clone1 is an intermediate clone, and you cannot perform the clone split operation on clone1. However, you can perform the clone split operation on clone2.
After splitting clone2, you can perform the clone split operation on clone1 because clone1 is no longer the intermediate clone.
Option | Description |
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For database applications | Select Database from the View list. |
For file systems | Select Path from the View list. |
If you want a longer poll time or shorter poll time to check whether the clone is split or not, you can change the value of CloneSplitStatusCheckPollTime parameter in SMCoreServiceHost.exe.config file to set the time interval for SMCore to poll for the status of the clone split operation. The value is in milliseconds and the default value is 5 minutes.
<add key="CloneSplitStatusCheckPollTime" value="300000" />