HP P9000 Business Copy for Mainframe Systems User Guide (AV400-96386, October 2011)

Compatible FlashCopy
If you use Compatible FlashCopy and Business Copy Z, you can only use the configuration of a
Business Copy Z S-VOL shared with a Compatible FlashCopy S-VOL. The following shows Business
Copy Z operations which can be performed on Compatible FlashCopy pairs (relationships).
• Performable Business Copy Z operations: Add pair, Split pair, Suspend Pair, Resync Pair,
Delete Pair
• Unperformable Business Copy Z operations: Reverse Resync, Quick Restore
The following shows FlashCopy Version 2 operations which can be performed to Compatible
FlashCopy pairs.
• Establishing relationships
• Deleting relationships
The previous operations can be performed when the pair status of the Business Copy Z is the
following:
• Performable pair status: Simplex, Pending, Duplex, SP-Pend, V-Split, Resync, Suspend
• Unperformable pair status: Resync-R
Up to 16 Compatible FlashCopy pairs can be created, even if the S-VOL has three Business Copy
Z T-VOLs.
For details on Compatible FlashCopy, see the HP P9000 for Compatible FlashCopy Mirroring User
Guide.
Compatible FlashCopy SE
For details, see the topic on interoperability with other products and functions in the P9000 for
Compatible FlashCopy Mirroring User Guide.
Compatible XRC
If a Business Copy Z S-VOL and a Compatible XRC source volume (original data) share the same
volume, you cannot perform the reverse copy or quick restore operation.
Do not use Compatible XRC T-VOLs (copied data) for Business Copy Z volumes.
Concurrent Copy
If Business Copy Z S-VOLs and Concurrent Copy source volume (original data) share the same
volumes, you cannot perform the reverse copy or quick restore operation for those volumes.
Do not use Concurrent Copy T-VOLs (copied data) for Business Copy Z volumes.
Resource Partition
When using Resource Partition, you can create Business Copy Z pairs by specifying volumes that
belong to resource groups as S-VOLs or T-VOLs. However, depending on the usage of Resource
Partition, you may not create Business Copy Z pairs.
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