Committing data to FlashCopy target volumes

Complete this task to commit data to FlashCopy® target volumes to form a consistency group on the target volumes as part of a disaster recovery process.

You can commit changes to FlashCopy target volumes if you have modified the FlashCopy relationship using the FlashCopy Revertible action and have selected the Allow target to be restored to pre-FlashCopy state option, which changes the Restorable property value to Yes.

If a FlashCopy consistency group formation operation does not complete, the consistency groups at the remote site might be only partially formed. You must verify the consistency group on the remote site and determine whether the changes need to be “rolled forward” (committed) or “rolled backward” (discarded). The commit task specifies that the last consistency group that has been created by the Global Mirror session is committed to the current state, and that reverting to the previous consistency group state is no longer possible.

Perform the following steps to commit data to FlashCopy target volumes:

  1. In the navigation, select Real-time Manager > Copy Services > FlashCopy. A list of FlashCopy volumes is displayed. Select one or more volumes on which to perform an action.
  2. On the FlashCopy main page, select the target volumes from the table that you want to commit changes to and select Commit changes from the Select Action drop-down menu.
  3. Click Go. The Commit Changes — Confirm page is displayed. This page displays the relationships on which the changes will be committed.
  4. Select OK to confirm that you want to commit updates to the target volumes, or click Cancel to exit without performing the task. The FlashCopy main page is displayed.
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