Hey Ed, we haven't really been advertising this function because of the DS8K copy services restriction. Besides FlashCopy, it means that only simplex volumes are eligible (no Metro or Global Mirror relationships). When creating FlashCopy Full Volume copies, Incremental FlashCopy is still a best practice. Glenn
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