Remote Flashcopy Management; Z/Os-Provided Interfaces - IBM System storage DS6000 Series Redbook
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9.2.2 Remote FlashCopy management
The commands that can be used when working with the DS6000-provided interface DS CLI
for remote FlashCopy management are listed in Table 9-2.
Table 9-2 Remote FlashCopy using DS CLI commands
Options
Create a FlashCopy
Create a remote FlashCopy
Work with an existing FlashCopy
Display a list of FlashCopy relationships
Modify a FlashCopy pair that is part of a Global Mirror
relationship to revertible
Commit data to the target volume
Increment an existing FlashCopy pair
Change the source-target- relationship A->B to B->A
Re-establish contents of target B by contents of source A
as it was during last consistency formation
Reset a FlashCopy Consistency Group
Run new background copy for persistent FlashCopy
Terminate FlashCopy
Remove local FlashCopy
Note: Remote FlashCopy is not supported with the DS SM or DS Open API interfaces.
9.3 z/OS-provided interfaces
When working in a z/OS environment the operating system provides you with utilities and
commands for local FlashCopy management. Table 9-3 summarizes the commands for the
different FlashCopy functions.
Table 9-3 Local FlashCopy using DFSMSdss, TSO, and ICKDSF commands
Options
Create a FlashCopy
Create a volume FlashCopy
Create a Data set FlashCopy
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Command with DS CLI
mkremoteflash
lsremoteflash
setremoteflashrevertible
commitremoteflash
resyncremoteflash
(prerequisites: -record and -persist)
reverseremoteflash
revertremoteflash
not available as remote command
rmremoteflash -cp
rmremoteflash
Is automatically removed as soon as all
data is copied and FlashCopy pair wasn't
established using the -persist parameter
Command with
Command with
DFSMSdss
TSO
COPY FULL
FCESTABL
COPY DATASET
Command with
ICKDSF
FLASHCPY
ESTABLISH
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