Copy Pool Name specifies the name of the copy pool. The maximum length is 23 alphanumeric or national characters, or any combination. With one exception where the underscore character ('_') is also allowed in the combination. The first character can not be numeric or underscore.
DFSMShsm manages the use of volume-level fast replication functions, such as FlashCopy® and SnapShot. These functions provide point-in-time copy services that can quickly copy data from a source location to a target location. Using a copy pool, you can specify the pool storage groups that you want DFSMShsm to process collectively for fast replication.
After you define a copy pool and a copy pool backup storage group, you can use DFSMShsm commands to prepare, create, recover, and delete fast replication backup versions. See Defining storage groups to learn how to define a copy pool backup storage group.
The following table shows the subtasks and associated procedures you perform in order to use DFSMShsm fast replication commands with copy pools.
Subtask | Associated procedure (See . . . ) |
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Creating copy pools | |
Creating copy pool backup storage groups | Defining a copy pool backup storage group |