Hi,
has somebody done a cloning (flexclone) workflow for a complete directory.
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
e.g.:
/vol/data/qt1
directory:
vm1
content:
PS C:\Windows\system32> Read-NaDirectory "/vol/vol_vf_infrastructure_data1/SWDF046"
Name Type Size Created Modified Owner Group Perm Empty
---- ---- ---- ------- -------- ----- ----- ---- -----
. directory 4 KB 06.02.2014 06.02.2014 0 0 755 False
.. directory 4 KB 03.04.2013 06.02.2014 0 0 755 False
.lck-0e66000000000000 file 84 B 06.02.2014 06.02.2014 0 0 1077
.lck-1166000000000000 file 84 B 06.02.2014 06.02.2014 0 0 1077
.lck-1666000000000000 file 84 B 06.02.2014 06.02.2014 0 0 1077
.lck-ae56000000000000 file 84 B 06.02.2014 06.02.2014 0 0 1077
SWDF046.nvram file 8 KB 06.02.2014 06.02.2014 0 0 1060
SWDF046.vmdk file 544 B 06.02.2014 06.02.2014 0 0 1060
SWDF046.vmsd file 0 06.02.2014 06.02.2014 0 0 1064
SWDF046.vmx file 3 KB 06.02.2014 06.02.2014 0 0 1075
SWDF046.vmx.lck file 0 06.02.2014 06.02.2014 0 0 1060
SWDF046.vmxf file 262 B 06.02.2014 06.02.2014 0 0 1064
SWDF046-fdc6ad39.vswp file 4 GB 06.02.2014 06.02.2014 0 0 1060
SWDF046-flat.vmdk file 50 GB 06.02.2014 06.02.2014 0 0 1060
vmware.log file 425 KB 06.02.2014 06.02.2014 0 0 1064
vmx-SWDF046-4257656121-1.vswp file 108 MB 06.02.2014 06.02.2014 0 0 1060
VM2
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VM3
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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.
Then when selecting specify a new name or a suffix for that VMs and a clone destination. ( of course in the same volume to a different qtree.
It would be also required to select a source snapshot.
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.
Or just run a workflow in looping mode for all containing files.
Highlevel user Input:
- storage controller
- snapshot name
- 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" ***
- destination qtree
- optional name suffix
I think there are missing commands
- Read Directory
- Read File
- clone file
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.
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
Many thanks,
Best wishes,
Markus.
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PS C:\Windows\system32> Read-NaFile "/vol/vol_vf_infrastructure_data1/SWDF046/SWDF046.vmx"
.encoding = "UTF-8"
config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "8"
pciBridge0.present = "true"
pciBridge4.present = "true"
pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge4.functions = "8"
pciBridge5.present = "true"
pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge5.functions = "8"
pciBridge6.present = "true"
pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge6.functions = "8"
pciBridge7.present = "true"
pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge7.functions = "8"
vmci0.present = "true"
hpet0.present = "true"
nvram = "SWDF046.nvram"
virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"
powerType.powerOff = "soft"
powerType.powerOn = "hard"
powerType.suspend = "hard"
powerType.reset = "soft"
displayName = "SWDF046"
extendedConfigFile = "SWDF046.vmxf"
