HP XP P9500 Storage User Manual

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Establishing relationships by volumes for Compatible FlashCopy

To establish relationships by volumes for Compatible FlashCopy, you use one of the following sets
of commands:

PPRC TSO

DFSMSdss

ICKDSF

ANTRQST Macro

CAUTION:

A time-out may occur when more than 100 FlashCopy relationships are established

at the same time with storage systems that are shared with an IBM OS or a Fujitsu OS. To avoid
timeouts,divide the tasks into small groups and establish relationships at intervals of about 5 seconds
per 100 relationships.

The timing to copy the data when the relationship is established is different between Compatible
FlashCopy V2 and Compatible FlashCopy SE. Compatible FlashCopy SE copies data when data
is updated in either the source or target volume.

Using PPRC TSO to establish Compatible FlashCopy relationships by volumes

The following table shows the settings that you can use with the FCESTABL command when you
establish Compatible FlashCopy relationships by volumes:

Table 24 Parameters for the FCESTABL command (Volume copying)

Description

Value

Parameter

Specify the device address of the S-VOL on which you want to perform
the FCESTABL command. (This parameter is required.)

Source device
number

SDEVN

Specify the device address of the T-VOL on which you want to perform
the FCESTABL command. (This parameter is required.)

Target device
number

TDEVN

Default setting. All the data in the copy range of the volume specified as
the source by SDEVN is background-copied to the volume specified as

COPY

MODE

the target by TDEVN. The relationship ends automatically, and all the
data is copied.

Data is not copied in the background. The relationship does not end
automatically even when all the data is copied. To withdraw the

NOCOPY

relationship, use the FCWITHDR command. In the following data, access
occurs. The data subject to read/write processing is copied from the
source to the target before FC Z read/write processing starts.

When there is access to write data on the copy source of the specified
area (within the extent)

When there is access to write data on the copy target of the specified
area (within the extent) or

When there is access to read data on the copy target of the specified
area (within the extent)

The relationship made by NOCOPY mode is copied in the background.
When all the data are copied, the relationship is released automatically.

NOCOPY2COPY

The path group is not checked. The relationship is established even when
the copy target is online.

YES

ONLINTGT

Default setting. The path group is checked. The relationship is not
established when the copy target is online.

NO

Establish a relationship including all the tracks in the volume. If you specify
YES for this parameter and COPY for the MODE parameter, the

YES

INCREMENTAL

relationship will be maintained even after the background copying process

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