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Prepopulate flexcache volume

Availability: This command is available to cluster and Vserver administrators at the advanced privilege level.

Description

The `volume flexcache prepopulate start` command is used to prepopulate a FlexCache volume with the data of given directory path(s) from the origin volume.
Note The FlexCache prepopulate job fails when the directories listed with the -path-list have one or more non-existing paths.

Parameters

-cache-vserver <vserver name> - Cache Vserver Name (privilege: advanced)

This specifies the Vserver that has the FlexCache volume to be prepopulated.

-cache-volume <volume name> - Cache Volume Name (privilege: advanced)

This specifies the FlexCache volume which needs to be prepopulated.

-path-list <text>,…​ - List of Paths (privilege: advanced)

This specifies an array of directory names that need to be prepopulated in the FlexCache volume.

[-isRecursion {true|false}] - Recursively populate (privilege: advanced)

This specifies that the directories listed with the -path-list need to be recursively prepopulated in the -cache-volume FlexCache volume.

The default value is true.

Examples

The following example triggers FlexCache volume prepopulate:

cluster1::> flexcache prepopulate start -cache-volume vol_cache2_vs3_c2_vol_origin1_vs1_c1 -cache-vserver vs3_c2 -path-list /dir1 -isRecursion false
  (volume flexcache prepopulate start)
[JobId 164]: FlexCache prepopulate job queued.
cluster1::> flexcache prepopulate start -cache-volume vol_cache2_vs3_c2_vol_origin1_vs1_c1 -cache-vserver vs3_c2 -path-list /dir1
  (volume flexcache prepopulate start)
[JobId 188]: FlexCache prepopulate job queued.
cluster1::> flexcache prepopulate start -cache-volume vol_cache2_vs3_c2_vol_origin1_vs1_c1 -cache-vserver vs3_c2 -path-list /dir1, dir5, dir6
  (volume flexcache prepopulate start)

Error: command failed: Path(s) "dir5, dir6" does not exist in origin volume
       "vol_origin1_vs1_c1" in Vserver "vs1_c1".