Cloning volume groups

You can use the console to clone volume groups.

Before you begin

You must be assigned System level, Cloud group administration role with permission to View all cloud resources (Read-only permission) to perform these steps.
You must be assigned one of the following permissions to clone volume groups:
  • System level, Cloud group administration role with permission to View all cloud resources (Read-only permission)
  • Resource level administration role with Write or All access rights permission (ACL) for a specific instance

About this task

You can use the console, the command line interface, or the REST API to complete this task. For the command line and REST API information, see the Related information section.

Procedure

  1. Click Cloud > Volume Groups.
  2. Locate the volume group to clone in the list of available volume groups.
  3. Clone the volume group.
    You can click the name of the volume group to display the details, and then click the Clone icon in the toolbar or you can click the Clone icon in the Actions column for the selected volume group.
  4. Enter the configuration values in the fields provided to define the new volume group that you want to be the clone of the selected volume group:
    Name
    Enter a name for the new volume group.
    Description
    Enter a description of the new volume group.
    In Cloud Group
    Select the cloud group that the cloned volume group belongs to.
    Note: (none) is the only option if the volume group contains a volume.
    Volume naming configuration
    Select one of the following options to name the cloned volumes in the new volume group:
    Default naming
    The names of the cloned volumes are made up of the name of the original volume with a timestamp appended to it.
    Custom naming
    Enter new volume names in the New name field.
  5. Click OK to proceed or Cancel to cancel the request.
    If you proceed, the new volume group is added to the system. While this is in process, the status of the volume group is Pending. When the process completes, the status changes to Available.