Dell PowerVault User Manual

Parameter
Parameter Description
baseVirtualDisk
The alphanumeric identifier (including - and _) of
the base virtual disk that has the snapshots (legacy)
that you want to convert into a snapshot group.
Enclose the base virtual disk name in double
quotation marks (" ").
Create Consistency Group
NOTE: This command does not apply to the snapshot (legacy) commands.
Description
This command creates a new, empty consistency group that can contain snapshot groups. You must add
the snapshot groups using the set consistencyGroup addCGMember command.
Syntax
create consistencyGroup userLabel="consistencyGroupName"
[repositoryFullPolicy=(failBaseWrites repositoryFullLimit=percentValue |
autoDeleteLimit=numberOfSnapImages |
enableSchedule=(TRUE | FALSE) |
schedule (immediate | snapSchedule) |
rollbackPriority=(lowest | low | medium | high | highest)]
Parameters
Parameter Description
userLabel
The name of the new consistency group that you
want to create. Enclose the new consistency group
name in double quotation marks (" ").
repositoryFullPolicy
How you want snapshot processing to continue if
the snapshot repository virtual disks are full. You
can choose to fail writes to the base virtual disk
(failBaseWrites) or delete (purge) the snapshot
images (purgeSnapImages). The default action is
purgeSnapImages.
repositoryFullLimit
The percentage of repository capacity at which
you receive a warning that the snapshot repository
virtual disk is nearing full. Use integer values. For
example, a value of 70 means 70 percent. The
default value is 75.
autoDeleteLimit
The maximum number of snapshot images that
you want to automatically delete if you have
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Dell PowerVault Specifications

General

RAID Levels	0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
RAID Support	Yes
Drive Type	SAS, SSD
Interface	SAS, Fibre Channel, iSCSI
Category	Storage
Connectivity	Ethernet, Fibre Channel
Scalability	Yes
Operating System Compatibility	Windows, Linux, VMware
Management Software	PowerVault Manager, OpenManage