diff --git a/doc/source/configuration/block-storage/drivers/dell-emc-vnx-driver.rst b/doc/source/configuration/block-storage/drivers/dell-emc-vnx-driver.rst index 6606df819c6..bba1b117ab0 100644 --- a/doc/source/configuration/block-storage/drivers/dell-emc-vnx-driver.rst +++ b/doc/source/configuration/block-storage/drivers/dell-emc-vnx-driver.rst @@ -794,6 +794,18 @@ a volume is available for use. To disable this feature, user can add ``--metadata async_migrate=False`` when creating new volume from source. +**Constraints** + +- Before the migration finishes, snapshots cannot be created from the source + volume, which could affect subsequent clones from the same source volume. + The typical affected use case is that creating volume-2 via cloning + volume-1 immediately after creating volume-1 via cloning volume-0. To achieve + so, users are advised to take any one of below actions: + + 1) wait for the first clone finishing, or + 2) create volume-2 via cloning volume-0 instead of volume-1, or + 3) create volume-1 with ``--metadata async_migrate=False``. + Best practice ~~~~~~~~~~~~~