Creating FlashCopy mappings–Filter source VDisk candidates

Use the Filtering Source VDisk Candidates panel in the Create FlashCopy® Mappings wizard to filter a list of available virtual disks (VDisk) that will be the source for the FlashCopy mapping.

Introduction

Specify filter criteria, or click Next to skip this step and view all of the VDisks that are available for FlashCopy mapping. If you skip this step, you have the option to filter the list in the next step.

Attributes

The following attributes are displayed in the table:
Virtual Disk Name
Enter a name of a specific VDisk candidate or enter part of the name using asterisk characters (*) as wild cards to complete the name. For example VDISK* displays results for any source VDisk candidates that have a name that begins with VDISK.
I/O Group
Select the name of an I/O group that the candidate VDisks is a member of. The menu provides a list of all available I/O groups.
Virtual Disk Type
Select the type of VDisks to display. The following types are available:
Any
Select this to display all VDisks that are members of the selected I/O group in the filter.
Sequential
Select this type to only display sequential VDisks in the filtered list.
Striped
Select this type to only display striped VDisks in the filtered list.
Image
Select this type to only display image VDisks in the filtered list.
Many
Select this type to only display mirrored VDisks in the filtered list.
State
Indicates the operational state of the VDisks. Select one of the following states to filter the list of source VDisks to be used in the FlashCopy mapping:
Any
Select this to display VDisks that have any state in the filtered list.
Offline
Select this state to only display source VDisks that are offline in the filtered list.
Online
Select this state to only display source VDisks that are online in the filtered list.
Degraded
Select this state to only display source VDisks that are degraded in the filtered list.
Managed Disk Group Name
Enter the name of a managed disk group that the candidate VDisks are members of. You can enter part of the name if you use asterisk characters (*) as wildcards to complete the name. For example MDISKGRP* would display results for any source VDisk candidates that are part of an MDisk group that has a name that begins with MDISKGRP.

Actions

The following actions are available:

Back
Click this button to return to the previous panel.
Next
Click this button after you have completed this panel.
Cancel
Click this button to exit this wizard without creating a FlashCopy mapping.
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