Show volume copy

04/25/2022 Contributors

The show volumeCopy command returns information about volume copy operations.

Supported Arrays

This command applies to any individual storage array, including the E2700, E5600, E2800, E5700, EF600 and EF300 arrays, as long as all SMcli packages are installed.

Roles

To execute this command on an E2800, E5700, EF600, or EF300 storage array, you must have the Storage Admin or Storage Monitor role.

Context

This command returns this information about volume copy operations:

The copy status
The start time stamp
The completion time stamp
The copy priority
The source volume World Wide Identifier (WWID) or the target volume WWID
The target volume Read-Only attribute setting

You can retrieve information about a specific volume copy pair or all of the volume copy pairs in the storage array. This command is valid for snapshot volume copy pairs.

Syntax

show volumeCopy (allVolumes | source ["sourceName"] |
target ["targetName"])

Parameters

Parameter Description

Parameter	Description
`allVolumes`	The setting to return information about volume copy operations for all of the volume copy pairs.
`source`	The name of the source volume about which you want to retrieve information. Enclose the source volume name in double quotation marks (" ") inside of square brackets ([ ]).
`target`	The name of the target volume about which you want to retrieve information. Enclose the target volume name in double quotation marks (" ") inside of square brackets ([ ]).

allVolumes

The setting to return information about volume copy operations for all of the volume copy pairs.

source

The name of the source volume about which you want to retrieve information. Enclose the source volume name in double quotation marks (" ") inside of square brackets ([ ]).

target

The name of the target volume about which you want to retrieve information. Enclose the target volume name in double quotation marks (" ") inside of square brackets ([ ]).