mkfcconsistgrp
Use the mkfcconsistgrp command to create a new FlashCopy® consistency group and identification name.
Syntax
Parameters
- -name consist_group_name
- (Optional) Specifies a name for the consistency group. If you do not specify a
consistency group name, a name is automatically assigned to the consistency group. For
example, if the next available consistency group ID is
id=2, the consistency group name isfccstgrp2.Note: Consistency group names must be an alphanumeric string of up to 15 characters. - -autodelete
- (Optional) Deletes the consistency group when the last mapping that it contains is deleted or removed from the consistency group.
Description
This command creates a new consistency group and identification name. The ID of the new group is displayed when the command process completes.
If you have created several FlashCopy mappings for a group of volumes that contain elements of data for the same application, you might find it convenient to assign these mappings to a single FlashCopy consistency group. You can then issue a single prepare command and a single start command for the whole group, for example, so that all of the files for a particular database are copied at the same time.
An invocation example
mkfcconsistgrpThe resulting output:
FlashCopy Consistency Group, id [1], successfully created