Cloning vSphere's virtual machine in EMC Storage
In this recipe, we will learn how to clone vSphere's virtual machine on a Cisco UCS Server using EMC SnapView Clone.
Getting ready
Assume that you have installed a VMware vSphere host on a Cisco UCS B200 M3 that is connected to EMC CLARiiON CX4-240 Storage. The virtual machines are running an EMC LUN. The following diagram shows the details:
How to do it…
In this recipe, we will learn how to create a SnapView Clone group on EMC CX4-240 storage.
EMC SnapView Clone is the optional software for EMC CLARiiON storage products, it can provide point-in-time copies of LUNs (logical units) and provide a full clone from source LUNs to destination LUNs. It also allows incremental synchronization between the source and destination LUNs. The EMC SnapView also includes another feature, it is SnapView Snapshot that can provide a pointer-and-copy design, referred to as copy on first write. Make sure that SnapView is enabled on the EMC CLARiiON storage, then you...