Cloning a Clone

Note:

Cloning is a licensed feature for certain models. For details, refer to the "Oracle Software License Agreement ("SLA") and Entitlement for Hardware Systems with Integrated Software Options" and the Licensing Information User Manual for the software release.

Use the following procedure to make a clone of an existing clone.

Once you have created a clone from a snapshot of a filesystem or LUN, you can work with that clone as with any other share. You can take a snapshot of the clone, and you can make a clone of that snapshot. You can continue this process to make clones of clones indefinitely.

1. Take a snapshot of the clone using one of these procedures:

   • Taking a Snapshot (BUI)

   • Taking a Snapshot (CLI)

2. Clone the snapshot using one of these procedures:

   • Cloning a Snapshot (BUI)

   • Cloning a Snapshot (CLI)