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Dell Unity™ Family Unisphere® Command Line Interface User Guide

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Copy snapshots

Copy a snapshot.

Format

/prot/snap { -id <value> | -name <value> } copy [-async] [-copyName <value>]

Object qualifier

QualifierDescription
-idType the ID of the snapshot to which you want to restore the associated storage resource.
-nameType the name of the snapshot to which you want to restore the associated storage resources.

Action qualifiers

QualifierDescription
-asyncRun the operation in asynchronous mode.
-copyNameType the name of the copy the system creates before attaching the selected snapshot. If this switch is specified and no name is provided, the system assigns a name to the copy.
NOTE:If this switch is not specified, no copy is created.

Example

The following command creates a copy of SNAP_1 named SNAP_Copy:

  • Name is accounting.

The snapshot receives ID SNAP_1:

uemcli -d 10.0.0.1 -u Local/joe -p MyPassword456! /prot/snap -id SNAP_1 copy –copyName SNAP_Copy 
Storage system address: 10.0.0.1
Storage system port: 443
HTTPS connection

ID = SNAP_1
Operation completed successfully.

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