mkmetadatavdisk

Use the mkmetadatavdisk command to create a metadata volume for use with VMware Virtual Volumes (vVols).

Syntax

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagram mkmetadatavdisk -mdiskgrp mdiskgrp_idmdiskgrp_name

Parameters

-mdiskgrp mdiskgrp_id | mdiskgrp_name
(Required) Specifies the storage pool in which to create the metadata volume.
Note: Ensure that the storage pool is a parent pool.
Restriction: You cannot specify a data reduction pool with this command.

Description

This command creates a metadata volume for use with VMware Virtual Volumes (vVols).

An invocation example

mkmetadatavdisk -mdiskgrp pool_a

The resulting output:

Virtual Disk, id [2], successfully created