Access attributes and permitted operations

Access Attribute

Read Operations from Hosts

Write Operations from Hosts

Specified as P-VOL

Specified as S-VOL

Read/Write

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Read-only

Yes

No

Depends on the replication software

No

Protect

No

No

Depends on the replication software

No

Read/Write and S-VOL disable

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Parent Topic
  • Protecting volumes using Data Retention Utility

    After provisioning your system, you can assign access attributes to open-system volumes to protect the volumes against read, write, and copy operations and to prevent users from configuring LU paths and command devices. Data Retention Utility software is required to assign access attributes to volumes.