3PAR InForm® OS 2.3.1 CLI Reference (320-200166 Rev B, March 2010)

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Command Line Interface Reference InForm OS Version 2.3.1
COMMAND
creategroupsv
DESCRIPTION
The creategroupsv command creates consistent group snapshots of a list of Virtual Volumes.
Consistent group snapshots are all created at the same point in time so that related structures
on different volumes in the group remain consistent.
SYNTAX
creategroupsv [option] <copy_of_VV>[:<snapshot_VV>[:<ID>]]...
AUTHORITY
Super, Edit
OPTIONS
–ro
Specifies that read-only snapshots are created. The default is read/write snapshots. To
create read-only snapshots, all specified Virtual Volumes must be read/write. For read/write
snapshots, all specified Virtual Volumes must be read-only. For information about snapshot
rules, see the InForm OS Concepts Guide.
-exp <time>[d|D|h|H]
Specifies the relative time from the current time that volume will expire. <time> is a
positive integer value and in the range of 1 - 43,800 hours (1,825 days). Time can be
optionally specified in days or hours providing either
d or D for day and h or H for hours
following the entered time value.
-comment <comment>
Specifies any additional information up to 511 characters for the volume.
-f
Do not ask for confirmation before creating a volume with retention time (-retain).