Hello list, I'm having a mental midget moment. I have an IBM DS array that is a PPRC source to a second array. Some volumes are being replicated to the remote site and others are not. I am doing dataset level flashcopy through DF/DSS COPY commands from one SMS storage group to another on the local array. The flashcopy works if the target volumes are not being replicated through the PPRC links but if the target volumes are PPRC source I get
ADR803I (001)-VDSS (01), 2021.125 12:08:09 SMS DIAGNOSTIC MESSAGES: IGD17330I DATA SET PVS.CUP.AUXSEGG WAS ALLOCATED ON VOLUME(S) WHICH ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR FAST REPLICATION. PREFERRED FAST REPLICATION WAS SPECIFIED BY THE CALLER. IGD17290I THERE WERE 1 CANDIDATE STORAGE GROUPS OF WHICH THE FIRST 1 WERE ELIGIBLE FOR VOLUME SELECTION. THE CANDIDATE STORAGE GROUPS WERE:SGCYUPGR IGD17267I THE FOLLOWING (1) CANDIDATE STORAGE GROUPS WERE INELIGIBLE FOR PREFERRED FAST REPLICATION BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE A SUFFICIENT NUMBER (1) OF ELIGIBLE FAST REPLICATION VOLUMES: SGCYUPGR IGD17268I 31 VOLUMES WERE NOT USED FOR FAST REPLICATION BECAUSE OF PPRC PRIM CURRENTLY ACTIVE - ANTRQST QFRVOLS VOLUME RSN(2) The IGD17268I at the end of the block says that I can't use F/C to these volumes because they're PPRC primary volumes. So 2 questions come to mind. First, I have this niggling somewhere in the back of my mind that sometime in the recent past IBM relaxed the rule that a PPRC primary volume couldn't be a F/C target for datasets. Is this true, and if so what do I need to do in order to start being able to use a PPRC primary volume as a flashcopy target? Second, if this is still not possible, is there some way around this limitation, i.e. suspend the PPRC while the flashcopy is running then reactivate the PPRC link? Will something like this work and/or is there some other way of making this happen? Thanks, Rex The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action omitted in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
