virtacreate

Owned by Thomas Farley (Deactivated)
Last updated: Mar 28, 2022
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This command creates or updates a container. Administrator privileges are required.

You cannot create a container if shortnames are disabled (if NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation is set to 1 in the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\File System).

Syntax

VIRTACREATE Appliance /E
VIRTACREATE Appliance /C <path_to_appliance_to_clone>
VIRTACREATE Appliance /N <path_to_template>

Options

Option

Description

Appliance

Full path of the container to create or update. The path cannot contain spaces.

/E

Create a container with no file set (contains only VirtaMove proprietary files and properties).

/C

Clone a container.

/N

Create a container from a container template.

/T

Create a container from a container template using tether. Credentials can be provided. If VirtaMove Source Agent is installed on the source machine, you do not need to provide credentials for the source machine.