We¹re trying to create new Linux images just as fast as our geeky little minds can comprehend, and the next logical step would be FlashCopy.
DirMaint appears to have parameters for the use of FlashCopy by the module DVHDXD, but I can¹t find too much more information beyond what is documented in the CONFIG DATADVH file. The Clonedisk function appears to be faster than our current DDR, but has the disadvantage of being asynchronous, so that we¹d have to trap the messages returned and parse them to find out when the copies complete. What is the consequence of setting DVHDXD_FLASHCOPY_BEHAVIOR to ³1² - Synchronous? How would this effect the copy, and would the results be any easier to trap? Could DVHDXD, or something similar, be used within a suitably set up virtual machine to copy one minidisk to another, outside of DirMaint? Can FlashCopy be used by the common user? Is there a simple way, within DirMaint to check to see if a command has completed in an automated manner? Any other ideas? Got¹chas? Warnings? -- .~. Robert P. Nix Mayo Foundation /V\ RO-OE-5-55 200 First Street SW / ( ) \ 507-284-0844 Rochester, MN 55905 ^^-^^ ----- "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but ³Join the story... Ride Ural.² in practice, theory and practice are different."
