This screen allows you to specify a unique FlashCopy logical drive and repository logical drive name. Choose a name that will help you associate the FlashCopy logical drive and repository logical drive with its corresponding base logical drive.
Press Next when ready to move to the next Wizard screen.
FlashCopy and Repository Logical Drive Default Names
By default, the FlashCopy name is shown in the FlashCopy logical drive name field as:
[base logical drive name] - sequence number
where sequence number is the chronological number of the FlashCopy relative to the base logical drive.
The default name for the associated repository logical drive that is shown in the Repository logical drive name field is:
[base logical drive name] - R + sequence number
For example, if you are creating the first FlashCopy logical drive for a base logical drive called Accounting, then the default FlashCopy logical drive name will be Accounting-1, and the associated repository logical drive default name is Accounting-R1. The default name of the next FlashCopy logical drive you create based on Accounting will be Accounting-2, with the corresponding repository logical drive named Accounting-R2 by default.
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Whether or not you use the software-supplied sequence number that (by default) populates the FlashCopy logical drive name or Repository logical drive name field, the next default name for a FlashCopy or repository logical drive will still use the sequence number determined by the software. For example, if you name the first FlashCopy of base logical drive Accounting AccountingMay18, and don't use the software-supplied sequence number of 1, then the default name for the next FlashCopy of Accounting will still be Accounting-2.
The next available sequence number is based on the number of existing FlashCopys of a base logical drive. If you delete a FlashCopy logical drive, its sequence number becomes available again.
You must choose a unique name for the FlashCopy and repository logical drives or an error message is displayed.
There is a thirty character limit. After you reach this limit in either the FlashCopy logical drive name or Repository logical drive name fields, you can no longer type in the field. If the base logical drive is 30 characters then the default names for the FlashCopy and its associated repository logical drive will use the base logical drive name truncated enough to add the sequence string. For example, for "Host Software Engineering Group GR-1" the default FlashCopy name would be "Host Software Engineering Gr-1" and the default repository name would be "Host Software Engineering G-R1."