topic Re: workflow for cloning a complete directory with file contents in Active IQ Unified Manager Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-Unified-Manager-Discussions/workflow-for-cloning-a-complete-directory-with-file-contents/m-p/67305#M14034 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>A bit disapointing that nobody replied even with a hint.</P><P></P><P>Here is a command i wrote to clone files to a new dir</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 20 Feb 2014 10:28:32 GMT scheckel 2014-02-20T10:28:32Z workflow for cloning a complete directory with file contents https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-Unified-Manager-Discussions/workflow-for-cloning-a-complete-directory-with-file-contents/m-p/67300#M14030 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>has somebody done a cloning (flexclone) workflow for a complete directory.</P><P></P><P>In my requirement its about VMware folders from o non writable qsm relation which should be cloned to a active filesystem. There is a structure VMs </P><P></P><P>e.g.:</P><P></P><P></P><P>/vol/data/qt1</P><P></P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; directory:</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; vm1</P><P></P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; content:</P><P style="padding-left: 120px;"><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">PS C:\Windows\system32&gt; Read-NaDirectory "/vol/vol_vf_infrastructure_data1/SWDF046"</SPAN></P><P style="padding-left: 120px;"><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"> Name&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Type&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Size&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Created&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Modified Owner Group&nbsp;&nbsp; Perm Empty</SPAN></P><P style="padding-left: 120px;"><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">----&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ----&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ----&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -------&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -------- ----- -----&nbsp;&nbsp; ---- -----</SPAN></P><P style="padding-left: 120px;"><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; directory&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4 KB&nbsp;&nbsp; 06.02.2014&nbsp;&nbsp; 06.02.2014&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 755 False</SPAN></P><P style="padding-left: 120px;"><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; directory&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4 KB&nbsp;&nbsp; 03.04.2013&nbsp;&nbsp; 06.02.2014&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 755 False</SPAN></P><P style="padding-left: 120px;"><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">.lck-0e66000000000000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; file&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 84 B&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 06.02.2014&nbsp;&nbsp; 06.02.2014&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp; 1077</SPAN></P><P style="padding-left: 120px;"><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">.lck-1166000000000000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; file&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 84 B&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 06.02.2014&nbsp;&nbsp; 06.02.2014&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp; 1077</SPAN></P><P style="padding-left: 120px;"><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">.lck-1666000000000000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; file&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 84 B&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 06.02.2014&nbsp;&nbsp; 06.02.2014&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp; 1077</SPAN></P><P style="padding-left: 120px;"><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">.lck-ae56000000000000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; file&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 84 B&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 06.02.2014&nbsp;&nbsp; 06.02.2014&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp; 1077</SPAN></P><P style="padding-left: 120px;"><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">SWDF046.nvram&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; file&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 8 KB&nbsp;&nbsp; 06.02.2014&nbsp;&nbsp; 06.02.2014&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp; 1060</SPAN></P><P style="padding-left: 120px;"><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">SWDF046.vmdk&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; file&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 544 B&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 06.02.2014&nbsp;&nbsp; 06.02.2014&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp; 1060</SPAN></P><P style="padding-left: 120px;"><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">SWDF046.vmsd&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; file&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp; 06.02.2014&nbsp;&nbsp; 06.02.2014&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp; 1064</SPAN></P><P style="padding-left: 120px;"><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">SWDF046.vmx&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; file&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3 KB&nbsp;&nbsp; 06.02.2014&nbsp;&nbsp; 06.02.2014&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp; 1075</SPAN></P><P style="padding-left: 120px;"><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">SWDF046.vmx.lck&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; file&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp; 06.02.2014&nbsp;&nbsp; 06.02.2014&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp; 1060</SPAN></P><P style="padding-left: 120px;"><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">SWDF046.vmxf&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; file&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 262 B&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 06.02.2014&nbsp;&nbsp; 06.02.2014&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp; 1064</SPAN></P><P style="padding-left: 120px;"><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">SWDF046-fdc6ad39.vswp&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; file&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4 GB&nbsp;&nbsp; 06.02.2014&nbsp;&nbsp; 06.02.2014&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp; 1060</SPAN></P><P style="padding-left: 120px;"><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">SWDF046-flat.vmdk&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; file&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 50 GB&nbsp;&nbsp; 06.02.2014&nbsp;&nbsp; 06.02.2014&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp; 1060</SPAN></P><P style="padding-left: 120px;"><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">vmware.log&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; file&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 425 KB&nbsp;&nbsp; 06.02.2014&nbsp;&nbsp; 06.02.2014&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp; 1064</SPAN></P><P style="padding-left: 120px;"><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">vmx-SWDF046-4257656121-1.vswp&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; file&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 108 MB&nbsp;&nbsp; 06.02.2014&nbsp;&nbsp; 06.02.2014&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0&nbsp;&nbsp; 1060</SPAN></P><P></P><P></P><P style="padding-left: 60px;">VM2</P><P style="padding-left: 60px;">.</P><P style="padding-left: 60px;">.</P><P style="padding-left: 60px;">.</P><P style="padding-left: 60px;">VM3</P><P style="padding-left: 60px;">.</P><P style="padding-left: 60px;">.</P><P style="padding-left: 60px;">.</P><P></P><P></P><P></P><P></P><P>Maybe more than one VM, the customer want to have a checkbox or a selection of all toplevel directories which stands for one VM and then be able to select it.</P><P>Then when selecting specify a&nbsp; new name or a suffix for that VMs and a clone destination. ( of course in the same volume to a different qtree.</P><P></P><P>It would be also required to select a source snapshot.</P><P></P><P>So i don't kmow itf its neccessary to create a new datasource to capture all filecontent and fill up the playground database to make a better selection.</P><P>Or just run a workflow in looping mode for all containing files.</P><P></P><P></P><P>Highlevel user Input:</P><P></P><UL><LI>storage controller</LI><LI>snapshot name</LI><LI>folder selection to clone (supercool would be the VMware name could be captured with via Read-NaFile "/vol/vol_vf_infrastructure_data1/SWDF046/SWDF046.vmx" and know the display name" ***</LI><LI>destination qtree</LI><LI>optional name suffix</LI></UL><P></P><P></P><P>I think there are missing commands</P><P></P><UL><LI>Read Directory</LI><LI>Read File</LI><LI>clone file</LI></UL><P></P><P></P><P>Would be very happy if somebody can support me with writing this workflow. I think this could be als very interesting for other use cases.</P><P>I am thinking of software development and engineering environment can also provit of such a feature. But for this we need a deeper directory structure</P><P></P><P></P><P>Many thanks,</P><P></P><P>Best wishes,</P><P>Markus.</P><P></P><P></P><P></P><P></P><P>***</P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">PS C:\Windows\system32&gt; Read-NaFile "/vol/vol_vf_infrastructure_data1/SWDF046/SWDF046.vmx"</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">.encoding = "UTF-8"</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">config.version = "8"</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">virtualHW.version = "8"</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">pciBridge0.present = "true"</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">pciBridge4.present = "true"</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">pciBridge4.functions = "8"</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">pciBridge5.present = "true"</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">pciBridge5.functions = "8"</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">pciBridge6.present = "true"</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">pciBridge6.functions = "8"</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">pciBridge7.present = "true"</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">pciBridge7.functions = "8"</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">vmci0.present = "true"</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">hpet0.present = "true"</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">nvram = "SWDF046.nvram"</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">powerType.powerOff = "soft"</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">powerType.powerOn = "hard"</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">powerType.suspend = "hard"</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">powerType.reset = "soft"</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">displayName = "SWDF046"</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">extendedConfigFile = "SWDF046.vmxf"</SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:43:56 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-Unified-Manager-Discussions/workflow-for-cloning-a-complete-directory-with-file-contents/m-p/67300#M14030 scheckel 2025-06-05T05:43:56Z Re: workflow for cloning a complete directory with file contents https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-Unified-Manager-Discussions/workflow-for-cloning-a-complete-directory-with-file-contents/m-p/67305#M14034 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>A bit disapointing that nobody replied even with a hint.</P><P></P><P>Here is a command i wrote to clone files to a new dir</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 20 Feb 2014 10:28:32 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-Unified-Manager-Discussions/workflow-for-cloning-a-complete-directory-with-file-contents/m-p/67305#M14034 scheckel 2014-02-20T10:28:32Z