Ted, How long is a piece of string?
The volumes are available instantly. The time to IPL would depend on the tailoring required by your particular site - that is an issue the storage cannot address. How soon can you move the data offsite? As quickly as you can start your backup jobs. Ron > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL > Sent: Monday, 6 March 2006 8:00 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: IXFP No Longer Supported > > >Ted, I didn't search the archives, but I believe we clarified that when > using Snap, Flash, etc, access to the copied data IS immediate, even if > the vendor's implementation requires that the data be copied in the > background. Depending on the circumstances, the housekeeping tasks > which are NOT part of copying the data may take a noticeable time > > How soon after I snap can I IPL? > How soon can I move the data offsite? > > - > -teD > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

