What would happen if we have flashcopy and we execute the same command 2 times in sequence ?
Alain Envoyé de mon iPhone Le 17 juin 2011 à 17:44, Tom Duerbusch <duerbus...@stlouiscity.com> a écrit : > To throw another tangent to this.... > > On z/VSE, FCOPY detects the present of FLASHCOPY and will use FLASHCOPY when > available and it makes sense to use it. > > I got plenty of calls from Operations when a DS8100 was brought in and we > intended to phase in FLASHCOPY. FCOPY "phased" it in, very quickly <G>. > > Tom Duerbusch > THD Consulting > >>>> Scott Rohling <scott.rohl...@gmail.com> 6/16/2011 3:45 PM >>> > No - the CP FLASHCOPY command only works with the flashcopy feature on the > DASD -- it will simply fail if it's not enabled. You may have been using a > 'wrapper' EXEC that did that for you a while ago or something. > > Even if FLASHCOPY is specified for an option in the CLONEBKUP tool - I would > suggest it fall back to DDR if flashcopy fails -- as it will if you are > copying dasd that are on different subsystems.. > > Scott Rohling > > > > On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Davis, Larry (National VM/VSE Capability) < > larry.dav...@hp.com> wrote: > >> I Believe Flashcopy uses DDR, if Flashcopy is not available on the >> subsystem, But that was a while ago. >> >> >> >> Larry Davis** >> >> >> >> *From:* The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] *On >> Behalf Of *Scott Rohling >> *Sent:* Thursday, June 16, 2011 4:16 PM >> >> *To:* IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU >> *Subject:* Re: CLONEBKP: New package at zVM/downloads >> >> >> >> key word 'option' .. it's pretty easy to code for doing either a >> flashcopy or ddr, whether passed as an option, or even detected >> automatically (try a flash and if it fails do the ddr). >> >> >> >> Scott Rohling >> >> On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Mark Post <mp...@novell.com> wrote: >> >>>>> On 6/16/2011 at 08:06 AM, "Frank M. Ramaekers" <framaek...@ailife.com> >> wrote: >>> 1 suggestion: FLASHCOPY option (to replace DDR) >> >> Which would then break on all the systems where it hasn't been purchased. >> >> >> Mark Post >> >> >>
