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