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Cloning a Logical Volume

Cloning a logical Volume (LV) in simplyblock creates a writable, independent copy-on-write clone of an existing volume. This is useful for scenarios such as testing, staging, backups, and development environments, all while preserving the original data. Clones can be created quickly and efficiently using the sbctl command line interface.

Prerequisites

  • A running simplyblock cluster with an existing logical volume.
  • An existing snapshot of a logical volume.
  • sbctl installed and configured with access to the simplyblock management API.

Cloning a Logical Volume

To create a clone of an existing Logical Volume:

sbctl snapshot clone \
  <SNAPSHOT_UUID> \
  <NEW_VOLUME_NAME>

Verification

After cloning, the new Logical Volume can be listed:

sbctl volume list

Details of the cloned volume can be retrieved using:

sbctl volume get <VOLUME_UUID>