Recovering from a disaster without the fast reverse process

Use this procedure in place of the fast reverse process. The fast reverse process allows a FlashCopy relationship to be reversed without waiting for the background copy of the original FlashCopy to complete.

It is not necessary to use the fast reverse feature of FlashCopy for your recovery. However, the wait for recovery is significantly longer if you do not.

  1. Initiate a background copy on the Volume B to Volume C FlashCopy relationship.
  2. Wait for the background copy to complete. Observe the out-of-sync tracks.
  3. Select the Reverse relationship and Initiate background copy options on the Volume B to Volume C FlashCopy relationship. This reverses the FlashCopy relationship such that Volume C is the source and Volume B is the target.
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Global Mirror
Fast restore operations
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Recovering from a disaster using the fast reverse process
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