Easy, use FlashCopy (or equivalent). >>> Hal Merritt <hmerr...@jackhenry.com> 3/4/2010 3:39 PM >>> Allowing growth to span volumes may be a good thing, but don't forget that that may fry your backup/recovery/DR strategy.
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