The Create Copy Wizard guides you through the creation process.
Attention:
Possible loss of data access – A VolumeCopy overwrites data on the .
Important:
A VolumeCopy automatically makes the target logical drive read-only to . You might want to keep this attribute enabled to preserve the data on the target logical drive.
You might want to preserve the data on the target logical drive for these reasons:
You are using the target logical drive for backup purposes.
You are copying data from one to a larger array for greater accessibility.
You are using the data on the target logical drive to copy back to the of a disabled or failed
If you decide not to preserve the data on the target logical drive after the VolumeCopy has completed, use the to disable the Read-Only attribute for the target logical drive.
Important:
To prevent write protected error messages, do not try to access a source logical drive that is participating in a VolumeCopy
while the VolumeCopy has a status of In Progress. Also, make sure that the Read-Only attribute for the target logical drive
is disabled after the VolumeCopy has completed to prevent error messages from appearing.
that are participating in a VolumeCopy are available for read-only I/O activity while a VolumeCopy has a status of In Progress
or Pending. Write requests are allowed after the VolumeCopy has completed. If the source logical drive has been initialized
with a journaling file system, any attempt to issue a read request to the source logical drive might be rejected by the . An error message might appear. The journaling file system driver issues a write request before it tries to issue the read
request. The controller rejects the write request, and the read request might not be issued due to the rejected write request.
This action might result in an error message, which indicates that the source logical drive is write protected.
Stop all I/O activity to the source logical drive and the target logical drive.
Unmount any file systems on the source logical drive and the target logical drive.
Select the Logical tab.
Select the source logical drive.
Select Logical Drive >> Copy >> Create.
Follow the directions on each wizard dialog, and click Next when you are ready to move to the next wizard dialog.Operation in Progress icons appear on the source logical drive and the
target logical drive while the VolumeCopy has a status of In Progress or Pending.
These dialogs appear in the Create Copy Wizard:
The Create Copy Wizard - Introduction dialog defines what a VolumeCopy is and lets you select a source logical drive. The table shown in this dialog contains all
valid source logical drives on the storage subsystem, including the logical drive that you selected to start the wizard. When
the premium feature is enabled, the Secure column appears in the list of source logical drives.
The Create Copy Wizard - Select Target Logical Drive and Copy Priority dialog contains a table that lists the valid target logical drives and lets you set the . When the Full Disk Encryption (FDE) premium feature is enabled, the Secure column and Security Capable column appear in
the list of target logical drives. The copy priority determines how much of the system resources are used to complete the
VolumeCopy as compared to service I/O requests. The five copy priority rates include lowest, low, medium, high, and highest.
If the copy priority is set at the lowest rate, I/O activity is prioritized, and the VolumeCopy takes longer. If the copy
priority is set to the highest rate, the VolumeCopy is prioritized, but I/O activity for the storage subsystem might be affected.
The Create Copy Wizard - Preview dialog provides an overview of the selected source logical drive, the target logical drive, and the copy priority for the
VolumeCopy.
After you have completed the Create Copy Wizard, you can view the details of a VolumeCopy with a status of In Progress from
the Logical Drive Properties dialog or from the Copy Manager dialog.