Operations you can perform with FlexClone volumes include creating a FlexClone volume and splitting it from its parent volume.
Creating a FlexClone volume
If you need a temporary copy of your data that can be made quickly and without using a lot of disk space, you can create a FlexClone volume. A FlexClone volume shares its space with its parent, as long as their data does not change.
Splitting a FlexClone volume from its parent
If you want the FlexClone volume to have its own disk space, rather than using that of its parent, you can split it from its parent.
Determining the space used by a FlexClone volume
You use a different method to determine the actual space used by FlexClone volumes than for other types of volumes, because a FlexClone volume shares data with its parent volume.
