Copy Services scenarios

This section contains examples of scenarios to help you with data copying solutions.

There are two primary types of Copy Services functions: point-in-time copy (FlashCopy) and remote mirror and copy (PPRC). Generally, FlashCopy is used for data duplication and remote mirror and copy is used for data migration and disaster recovery.

Note: Disaster recovery scenarios are documented in the Recovering section of this InfoCenter.

You can use the following scenarios to create data duplication by using the following functions:

Global Mirror
FlashCopy and remote mirror and copy features

Creating data duplication copies
You can use remote mirror and copy and point-in-time copy features not only for creating disaster recovery and data migration solutions, but also for creating point-in-time consistent data backups.