Starting FlashCopy consistency groups

You can start a FlashCopy® consistency group from the Starting FlashCopy Consistency Group panel.

This task assumes that you have already launched the SAN Volume Controller Console.

Perform the following steps to start a FlashCopy consistency group:

Click Manage Copy Services > FlashCopy Consistency Groups in the portfolio. The Viewing FlashCopy Consistency Groups panel is displayed.
Select the appropriate group's row from the table.
Select Start a Consistency Group from the task list and click Go. The Starting FlashCopy Consistency Groups panel is displayed.
Click Start or Cancel. The Viewing FlashCopy Consistency Groups panel is displayed.

If you have selected a FlashCopy consistency group to start and it contains mappings that are not yet in the prepared state, the SAN Volume Controller Console displays the Starting FlashCopy Mapping–Prepare and Start panel. Before a FlashCopy mapping is started it must be in the Prepared state. Preparing the FlashCopy mapping flushes the cache of any data that is destined for the source VDisk and forces the cache into the write-through mode until the mapping is started.

If you have selected a FlashCopy consistency group to start and it has mappings where target virtual disks (VDisks) are also source VDisks in other active FlashCopy mappings, then the Starting FlashCopy Consistency Group–Restore panel displays.