Learn About FlashCopy Logical Drive Maintenance

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When you create a FlashCopy logical drive, you specify where to create the FlashCopy repository logical drive , its capacity, threshold level warning, and other parameters. The FlashCopy repository logical drive capacity is created as a percentage of the base logical drive and contains the copy-on-write data. The storage management software provides a warning message when your FlashCopy repository logical drive exceeds the threshold level .

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FlashCopy Logical Drive Maintenance

The default FlashCopy repository logical drive capacity is set to 20% of the base logical drive, that is if enough free capacity exists to create a FlashCopy repository logical drive of this size. The default threshold level for the FlashCopy repository logical drive is set to 50%. If you are not sure how large to make the FlashCopy repository logical drive or how high to set the FlashCopy repository logical drive full warning, accept the default settings. You can estimate later how quickly the FlashCopy's repository capacity is being used. For more information, see Learn About Estimating FlashCopy Repository Logical Drive Life Expectancy.

Viewing FlashCopy Logical Drive Failure Settings

To see the current failure settings:

1

Select a FlashCopy repository logical drive in the Logical View of the Subsystem Management Window.

2

Select either the Logical Drive >> Properties pull-down menu option, or Properties from the right-mouse pop-up menu.

Result: The FlashCopy Repository Logical Drive - Properties dialog is displayed.

3

Select the Capacity tab to view the currently defined settings.

If the FlashCopy repository logical drive is set to fail the FlashCopy logical drive when it becomes full, its data will not be recoverable and the FlashCopy cannot be accessed. The only available option (if this situation occurs) is to delete the FlashCopy logical drive or re-create the FlashCopy logical drive to create a new point-in-time image.

If the FlashCopy repository logical drive is set to fail writes to the base logical drive, the data is recoverable, but the FlashCopy repository logical drive capacity must be increased before writes to the base logical drive are not rejected. For more information, see Increasing the Capacity of a FlashCopy Repository Logical Drive.

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Introduction to FlashCopy Logical Drives

Learn About Disabling and Re-creating a FlashCopy Logical Drive

Learn About Estimating FlashCopy Repository Logical Drive Life Expectancy

Increasing the Capacity of a FlashCopy Repository Logical Drive