[Info-vax] SSSU command ?

[pcoviello at gmail.com]

On Monday, October 22, 2012 10:27:05 AM UTC-4, pcov... at gmail.com wrote:
> hi, could someone let me know if there is a better way in trying to do clones for backups than what is below.
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> thanks
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> Paul 
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> SET VDISK "\Virtual Disks\Vdisk3000" WRITECACHE="writethrough"
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> SET VDISK "\Virtual Disks\Vdisk3110" WRITECACHE="writethrough"
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> SET VDISK "\Virtual Disks\Vdisk3200" WRITECACHE="writethrough"
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> ADD COPY "\Virtual Disks\Vdisk3000clone" CONTAINER="\Virtual Disks\Vdisk3000clone" Vdisk="\Virtual Disks\Vdisk3000" OS_UNIT_ID=6000 redundancy=VRAID0 NOWAIT
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> ADD COPY "\Virtual Disks\Vdisk3110clone" CONTAINER="\Virtual Disks\Vdisk3110clone" Vdisk="\Virtual Disks\Vdisk3110" OS_UNIT_ID=6110 redundancy=VRAID0 NOWAIT
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> ADD COPY "\Virtual Disks\Vdisk3200clone" CONTAINER="\Virtual Disks\Vdisk3200clone" Vdisk="\Virtual Disks\Vdisk3200" OS_UNIT_ID=6200 redundancy=VRAID0 NOWAIT
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> ADD LUN 11 VDISK="\Virtual Disks\Vdisk3000clone" HOST="\Hosts\FACST1_1"
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> ADD LUN 13 VDISK="\Virtual Disks\Vdisk3110clone" HOST="\Hosts\FACST1_2"
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> ADD LUN 14 VDISK="\Virtual Disks\Vdisk3200clone" HOST="\Hosts\FACST1_1"



my concern is whether or not ADD COPY is the right command. is ADD SNAPSHOT better/faster?  30 minutes for my production disks seem like a long time.

thanks
Paul