The mkfcconsistgrp command creates a new FlashCopy® consistency group and identification name.
Syntax
>>- svctask -- -- mkfcconsistgrp -- ----------------------------> >--+-------------------------------+--+---------------+-------->< '- -name -- consist_group_name -' '- -autodelete -'
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 is fccstgrp2.
- -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 VDisks 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
svctask mkfcconsistgrp
The resulting output
FlashCopy Consistency Group, id [1], successfully created