FlashCopy session properties

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Use the View/Modify Properties notebook to view or modify properties for FlashSystem/IBM Spectrum® Virtualize and SAN Volume Controller FlashCopy sessions.

The properties are displayed on different tabs in the notebook. Use the Session Options tab to set properties that apply to the entire session. Use the H1-T1 Options tab to set properties that apply to the role pair.

Session Options

Enter the properties for the session.

Description: Type the description for this session.

H1-T1 Options

Enter the properties for the role pair.

Incremental: Select this option to apply incremental changes to the target volume. After the initial FlashCopy® operation, only data that changed on the source volume since the last FlashCopy operation was performed is copied to the target volume.
Background copy rate: Type the copy rate that the storage system uses to perform the background copy of the FlashCopy role pair.; Note: For older storage systems running IBM Spectrum Virtualize, you can specify a value in the range of 0-100. For newer storage systems at release 7.8.1 and higher, you can specify a value in the range of 0-150. The default rate is 50.; Specify 0 if you do not want the hardware to write the background copy until the source track is written to. Data is not copied to the target volume until the blocks or tracks of the source volume are modified.; You can modify this value at any time during the session. If the session is performing a background copy when you change the option, IBM® Copy Services Manager immediately modifies the background copy rate of the consistency group on the storage system. The storage system consistency group immediately starts by using this new rate to complete the background copy.