Create a Regular Device Group. symdg create TestDg -type regular 2Add the devices to device group.

Add the standard devices AAA( source ) and AAB( Target )to the DG.Assume this wi ll add as DEV001 and DEV002. symld -sid 1234 -g TestDg add dev AAA symld -sid 1234 -g TestDg add dev AAB 3Create Clone Session symclone -g TestDg create DEV001 sym ld DEV002 The above command will create a clone session and also make the target device in NotReady( NR ) state.You can also add the -precopy option to start a background copy from source to target device, prior to the activation. symclone -g TestDg create DEV001 sym ld DEV002 -precopy 4Activate the session symclone -g TestDg activate DEV001 sym ld DEV002 The above command will start the copy operation from sorce device to target.And also make the target device to Read/Write,thus accessable to the host. 5Check the status of copy operation. symclone -g TestDg query Once the the source device is fully copied from source to target , the state of the pair will change from 'CopyInProg' to 'Copied'. 6Break the session symclone -g TestDg terminate DEV001 sym ld DEV002 This will terminate the clone copy session , deletes the pairing information fro m the storage array and removes any hold on target device.You have to 'Terminate ' while the pair in 'Copied' state to get a fully valid data.