ShadowImage

You can use Dynamic Provisioning, Dynamic Tiering, or active flash in combination with ShadowImage to replicate DP-VOLs.

The following table lists the interaction when the ShadowImage primary volume and secondary volume are also DP-VOLs.

ShadowImage P-VOL

ShadowImage S-VOL

Explanation

DP-VOLs

DP-VOLs

Supported.

DP-VOLs

Normal (ordinary) volumes1

Supported.

The Quick Restore function is unavailable.

Normal (ordinary) volumes1

DP-VOLs

Supported.

Note, however, that this combination consumes the same amount of pool capacity as the normal volume.

The Quick Restore function is unavailable.

Note:

  1. Normal volumes include the internal volumes and external volumes that are mapped to the volumes of the external storage system using Universal Volume Manager. For more information about external volumes, see the Universal Volume Manager User Guide.

You cannot specify a Dynamic Provisioning, Dynamic Tiering or active flash pool-VOL as a primary volume or secondary volume.