Use the Starting FlashCopy Consistency Group panel in the SAN Volume Controller Console to prepare and start the FlashCopy consistency group. This panel displays if the SAN Volume Controller cluster detects that the FlashCopy mapping is not in the Prepared state. Before FlashCopy mappings in the selected FlashCopy consistency can start, all the mappings must first be prepared. When the FlashCopy mappings are prepared, any data that resides in the cache for the source virtual disks (VDisks) is transferred to disks thus ensuring that the copy operation contains all data currently on the source VDisks. After the preparation action completes for the FlashCopy mappings in the consistency group, the system starts the FlashCopy consistency group.
The following actions are available: