Sorry - looks like you need to use HELP CPQUERY FLASHC  to display help...

Scott Rohling

On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Scott Rohling <scott.rohl...@gmail.com>wrote:

> CP QUERY FLASHCOPY -- and there are several operands to query different
> aspects of the persistent flashcopy relationship table..  I'm pretty sure
> there are also some ICKDSF functions that do this also...
>
> Anyway - HELP CPQUERY FLASHCOPY for more info on that..
>
> Scott Rohling
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Edward M Martin <emar...@aultman.com>wrote:
>
>> Hello Everyone,****
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>> On the z/VSE side the commands will show the relationships of source to
>> target volume. ****
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>> IXFP STATUS****
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>>           STATUS,CUU****
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>> I am sure there is a z/VM query command but I can’t find it (again).****
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>> Ed Martin****
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>> *From:* The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] *On
>> Behalf Of *Scott Rohling
>> *Sent:* Friday, June 17, 2011 1:34 PM
>>
>> *To:* IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
>> *Subject:* Re: CLONEBKP: New package at zVM/downloads****
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>> It will likely fail, with a message that the target is not in the required
>> state and is the target of an existing flashcopy...    until the background
>> copying finishes -- you won't be able to flash to the same target.****
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>> Scott Rohling****
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>> On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Alain Benveniste <a.benveni...@free.fr>
>> wrote:****
>>
>> What would happen if we have flashcopy and we execute the same command 2
>> times in sequence ?
>>
>> Alain
>>
>> Envoyé de mon iPhone
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>> Le 17 juin 2011 à 17:44, Tom Duerbusch <duerbus...@stlouiscity.com> a
>> écrit :****
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>>
>> > 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
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>****
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