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  • 1.  Volcopy function in Flash System

    Posted 2 days ago

    Hi All,

    Our IBM customer has recently migrated from A9000R to FlashSystem 9500.

    Previously, they relied heavily on the volcopy feature for DR test preparation, using a Source → Target workflow.

    Is there an equivalent way to achieve this using the newer snapshot functionality?
    Any suggested workaround to replicate the same behaviour with current snapshot options?

    Regards,
    Shanker



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    MAILVAGANAM VELAYUTHAM
    Storage Consultant -IBM
    Crossroad
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  • 2.  RE: Volcopy function in Flash System

    Posted 2 days ago

    Hi,

    you can read IBM Redbooks publication "Ensuring Business Continuity: A Practical Guide to Policy-Based Replication and Policy-Based High Availability for IBM Storage Virtualize Systems". Chapter 2 contains details on how to recover and test your data on the target site. 




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    Nezih Boyacioglu
    IBM Community Hero
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  • 3.  RE: Volcopy function in Flash System

    Posted 12 hours ago

    The migration from A9000R to FlashSystem 9500 changes the replication and copy workflow because volcopy was specific to A9000/A9000R, while FlashSystem uses snapshot-based and replication-based mechanisms. 

    FlashSystem does not have volcopy, but you can replicate the concept using:


    FlashCopy (local copy)

    This is the closest equivalent. It creates a point-in-time copy of a source volume to a target volume.


    You can choose:

    1. Snapshot mode (space-efficient, uses copy-on-write).
    2. Full copy mode (background copy to make the target independent).


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    Adriana Lopez
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