Alyce -- not sure what you mean, at least in the context of flashcopy.. ? If you mean CLONEBKP, I believe it's making a copy of the spool volume(s), so NSS/DCSS/etc would be preserved..
Scott Rohling On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Austin, Alyce (CIV) <aus...@nps.edu> wrote: > ******** > > What about the NSSs?**** > > ** ** > > Thanks,**** > > Alyce**** > > ** ** > ------------------------------ > > *From:* **The IBM z/VM Operating System** [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] > *On Behalf Of *Eric R Farman > *Sent:* Friday, June 17, 2011 1:57 PM > > *To:* IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > *Subject:* Re: CLONEBKP: New package at zVM/downloads > **** > > ** ** > > FLASHCOPY SYNC is only useful for older (Version 1) FlashCopy hardware. > Modern storage subsystems, such as DS8000, will not change their behavior > with this parameter. From the FLASHCOPY helpfile: > > SYNChronous > (For FlashCopy Version 1 hardware) tells CP to process the command > immediately and to wait until the hardware has accepted all parameters, > all messages from the Enterprise Storage Server(R) (ESS) subsystem have > been processed, and the FLASHCOPY command completes. > > As stated previously, issuing a second FLASHCOPY command while one is in > progress will result in an error. > > The CP QUERY FLASHCOPY HARDWARE command can be used to determine if a > FlashCopy has completed it's background copy or not, regardless of whether > or not it's a persistent relationship. > > Regards, > Eric > > Eric Farman > z/VM I/O Development > IBM ****Endicott**, ** NY**** > (607)429-4958 (tie 620) > > **** > > From: **** > > Kris Buelens <kris.buel...@gmail.com> **** > > To: **** > > IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU **** > > Date: **** > > 06/17/2011 04:03 PM **** > > Subject: **** > > Re: CLONEBKP: New package at zVM/downloads **** > > Sent by: **** > > **The IBM z/VM Operating System** <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU>**** > > ** ** > ------------------------------ > > > > > FLASHCOPY SYNC does not wait until the target disk is copied. So, you can > try to launch a second FLASHCOPY while the previous is still busy, and your > attempt will fail. > > 2011/6/17 Alan Altmark <alan_altm...@us.ibm.com> > On Friday, 06/17/2011 at 01:37 EDT, Scott Rohling > <scott.rohl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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. > > This sounds like a good use of the FLASHCOPY SYNCH option. > > Alan Altmark > > z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant > IBM System Lab Services and Training* > *ibm.com/systems/services/labservices > office: 607.429.3323 > mobile; 607.321.7556* > *alan_altm...@us.ibm.com > IBM Endicott > > > > -- > Kris Buelens, > IBM Belgium, VM customer support **** >
