A.29 cloneVdToPd

Clones a virtual disk to a physical disk.

cloneVdToPd VirtualDisk instance target=value cloneType= { SPARSE_COPY | NON_SPARSE_COPY | THIN_CLONE }

Where instance is:

{ id=value | name=value }

This command clones a virtual disk to a target physical disk.

The following table shows the available options for this command.

Option	Description
`target=value`	The physical disk on which to locate the cloned virtual disk.
`cloneType=` { `SPARSE_COPY` \| `NON_SPARSE_COPY` \| `THIN_CLONE` }	Whether to clone a sparse, non-sparse or thin-clone virtual disk.
{ `id=value` \| `name=value` }	The instance of the object using either the `id` or `name` option, for example `name=MyVMDisk`.

Example A.40 Cloning a virtual disk to a physical disk

OVM> cloneVdToPd VirtualDisk name=MyVMDisk target=MyDisk1 cloneType=SPARSE_COPY