Process Overview; Creating A Flashcopy Logical Drive: Windows 2003 Basic/Regular Disks - IBM DS3000 Introduction And Implementation Manual

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Process overview

The following process overviews outline the key steps required to:
Create a FlashCopy logical drive on Windows Server 2003 (using basic or regular disks).
See Figure A-1.
Reuse a disabled FlashCopy logical drive on Windows server 2003. See Figure A-2 on
page 528.
Create the FlashCopy logical drive
(create FlashCopyLogicalDrive
drive to host where it will be used
Register the FlashCopy logical drive
Stop the host application or suspend
Figure A-1 Creating a FlashCopy logical drive: Windows 2003 basic/regular disks
or GUI equivalent)
Disable FlashCopy logical drive
(disableFlashCopy logical
drive or GUI equivalent)
Define logical drive-to-LUN
mappings for FlashCopy logical
LUN(s)
(reboot or OS-specific method)
data transfer
Run SMrepassist -f
Re-create FlashCopy logical drive
(recreateFlashCopy logical
drive or GUI equivalent)
Restart the host application or re-
enable data transfer
FlashCopy logical drive ready for
(backup, speculative test, upgrades)
Disable FlashCopy logical drive until
required again (for backup or
(disableFlashCopy logical
drive or GUI equivalent)
End of Process
Appendix A. FlashCopy example - Windows 2003
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use
testing)
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