Use the Select the
Source VDisk panel in the Create FlashCopy® Mappings
wizard to select a virtual
disk (VDisk) that is the source for the FlashCopy.
Attributes
The
following attributes are displayed in the table:
- Select
- Allows you to select the VDisk to use as the source for the FlashCopy mapping.
Note: Only one row can
be selected at a time.
- Name
- Displays
the name of the VDisk.
- State
- Displays
the current state of the VDisk. The following states
are possible:
- Online
- Indicates
that the VDisk is online and available
if both nodes in the I/O group can access the VDisk. A single node
can only access a VDisk if it can access all the managed disks (MDisks)
in the MDisk group that are associated with the VDisk.
- Offline
- Indicates that the VDisk
is offline and unavailable
if both nodes in the I/O group are missing or none of the nodes in
the I/O group that are present can access the VDisk.
- Degraded
- Indicates that the VDisk
is degraded if one node in
the I/O group is online and the other node is either missing or cannot
access the VDisk.
- I/O
Group
- Displays the name of the I/O group that the VDisk is
a member
of.
- MDisk Group
- Displays the name
of the MDisk group that this VDisk belongs to.
- Capacity (MB)
- Displays the size of the VDisk.
- Type
- Displays the type of VDisk. The
following types of VDisks are
possible:
- Striped
- Indicates
that the VDisk was created from multiple
MDisks that are in the MDisk group. Extents are allocated on the MDisks
in the specified order.
- Sequential
- Indicates
that the VDisk was created from one MDisk that is in
the MDisk group. Extents are sequentially allocated on the MDisk.
- Image
- Indicates that the VDisk was
created from one MDisk that is in
the MDisk group. Provides a direct block-for-block translation from
the MDisk to the VDisk. This type of VDisk is intended for MDisks
that already contain data that was not written through the SAN Volume Controller.
- Many
- Select
this type to display only mirrored VDisks
in the filtered list.
- FC
Pair
- Displays the name of the FlashCopy mapping
that this VDisk is part of. The term Many is
displayed if the VDisk belongs to more than one mapping.
- FC Map Count
- Displays
the number of FlashCopy mappings that the
source VDisk belongs to.
- Relationship
Name
- Displays the name of Metro Mirror or Global Mirror mappings that this VDisk belongs
to.
- UID
- Displays the unit identifier
of the VDisk.
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.