Sharing Continuous Access Synchronous Z Volumes; Volume Types That Can Be Shared With Continuous Access Synchronous Z - HP XP P9500 User Manual

4 Sharing Continuous Access Synchronous Z volumes

This chapter helps you plan Continuous Access Synchronous Z pair volumes when they are shared
with non-Continuous Access Synchronous Z volumes. It discusses all of the program products that
can be used with Continuous Access Synchronous Z.

Volume types that can be shared with Continuous Access Synchronous Z

The following table indicates whether non-Continuous Access Synchronous Z volumes can also be
used as Continuous Access Synchronous Z M-VOLs and R-VOLs.
Table 20 z/OS system volume types that can be shared with Continuous Access Synchronous Z
Functions and volumes
Business Copy Z
S-VOL in Split status
S-VOL in Resync-R status
S-VOL that is also used as a Cnt Ac-J Z primary or Cnt
Ac-J Z remote volume
S-VOL (none of above)
T-VOL in Split status
T-VOL (none of above)
Reserved volume
Compatible FlashCopy
S-VOL
T-VOL
Compatible FlashCopy SE
S-VOL
T-VOL
Compatible XRC
Main volume
Remote volume
Concurrent Copy (CC)
CC volume
#2
Auto LUN
Source volume (when volume migration is in progress)
Source volume (after vol migration finishes)
Target volume
Reserved volume
Continuous Access Journal Z
P-VOL (main volume) in Pending Duplex status
Used as M-VOL?
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
#1 #3
Yes ,
4
Yes
4
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes. If the source volume is
used as a M-VOL, volume
migration stops.
Yes
No
No
No
Volume types that can be shared with Continuous Access Synchronous Z
Used as R-VOL?
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
4
No
4
No
No
No
No
Yes. If the source volume is
used as an R-VOL, volume
migration stops.
Yes
No
No
No
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