CLI Guide

Example
Attach storage volume VPD83T3:6…ade11 as a mirror to the existing meta-volume _dmx:
VPlexcli:/engines/engine-1-1/directors> meta-volume attach-mirror --storage-volume
VPD83T3:6006016023901d00484f496fa07ade11 --meta-volume _dmx
-volume _dmx is created at /clusters/cluster-1/system-volumes.
See also
● meta-volume detach-mirror
meta-volume backup
Creates a new meta-volume and writes the current in-memory system data to the new meta-volume without activating it.
Contexts
All contexts.
Syntax
meta-volume backup
[-d|--storage-volumes] context-path,context-path...
[-c|--cluster] context-path
[-f|--force]
Arguments
Required arguments
[-d|--storage-
volume] context-path
* List of two or more storage volumes to use in creating the backup meta-volume. The specified
storage-volumes must be:
● Not empty
● At the implied or specified cluster
● Unclaimed
● 78 GB or larger.
● 20 GB or larger
Type the system IDs for multiple (two or more) storage volumes, separated by commas.
Optional arguments
[-c|--cluster]
context-path
The cluster whose active meta-volume will be backed-up.
[-f|--force]
Forces the backup meta-volume to be activated without asking for confirmation.
* - argument is positional.
Description
Backup creates a point-in-time copy of the current in-memory metadata without activating it. The new meta-volume is named:
Commands
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