Restoring a FlashCopy session

You can restore a FlashCopy session on a storage system.

About this task

The restore command restores the point-in-time relationships from the target volumes to the source volumes of the FlashCopy session, and overwrites any data on the source volumes.

Follow these steps to restore a FlashCopy session:

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Copy Services Manager GUI as a user with administrative privileges.
  2. Click Sessions.
  3. From the Sessions overview page, select the FlashCopy session that you want to restore.
    Note: Copy Services Manager can currently only perform a FlashCopy session restore operation on DS8000 and SAN Volume Controller systems.
  4. Select Session Actions > Commands > Restore.
    Notes:
    • If Restore is not a command option, a flash operation has not been done. You must perform a flash at least one time before you can do a restore.
    • For DS8000 only: The Restore command is only available if incremental or persistent is set. Incremental implies persistent. You can only restore if you have a persistent relationship.

Results

The FlashCopy session is restored in the opposite direction.

What to do next

When the session is in a new restored state, you can Restore it again, Flash back, or Terminate the session.