Create FlashCopy Logical Drive Wizard: Process Overview - Unix with Logical Drive Manager Logical Drives

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The following process overview outlines the key steps required to create and reuse a FlashCopy logical drive on the following Unix operating systems, using Logical Drive Manager Logical Drives:

For detailed procedures of the FlashCopy logical drive creation process, see Create FlashCopy Logical Drive Wizard: Additional Instructions.

Create the FlashCopy logical drive
(create FlashCopyLogicalDrive or GUI equivalent)
Define logical drive-to-LUN mappings for FlashCopy
logical drive to host where it will be used
Discover FlashCopy logical drive
(hot_add or OS-specific method)
Disable the FlashCopy logical drive
(disableFlashCopy logical drive or GUI equivalent)
Stop the host application or
suspend
data transfer
Unmount the Logical Drive Manager (base) logical drive
Get the Logical Drive Manager logical drive member disks
Re-create the FlashCopy logical drive
(
recreateFlashCopy logical drive or GUI equivalent)
If there are more member disks, repeat this step for each one.
Re-mount the Logical Drive Manager (base) logical drive
Restart the host application
or re-enable data transfer
FlashCopy logical drive ready for use
(backup, speculative test, upgrades)
Disable FlashCopy logical drive until required again (for backup or testing)
(
disableFlashCopy logical drive or GUI equivalent)
End of Process. To reuse the FlashCopy logical drive, start at A and work through the remaining steps.

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Create FlashCopy Logical Drive Wizard: Additional Instructions

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