ESS FlashCopy® creates a clone of the source system onto a second set of disk drives which are then attached and used by another system or LPAR partition. BRMS provides a mechanism to perform a backup on the second system such that it appears to have been done on the original system.
The following are the steps needed to succeed in this special backup:
V6R1M0 Change System Policy RCHAS400 Type choices, press Enter. End subsystems wait time . . . . . . . . 1200 1-99999 seconds,*IMMED End servers wait time . . . . . . . . . 0 0-9999 seconds Controlling subsystem: Allow backups in batch . . . . . . . . *NO *NO, *YES Restricted state time limit . . . . . *NOMAX 5-9999 minutes, *NOMAX Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *YES *NO, *YES Allow alternate input media. . . . . . . *YES *NO, *YES Volume prefix . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prefix Enable FlashCopy . . . . . . . . . . . . *YES *NO, *YES BRMS submitted jobs: Job description. . . . . . . . . . . . *NONE Name, *USRPRF Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *NONE Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB Job queue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *NONE Name, *JOBD Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *NONE Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB Bottom F3=Exit F4=Prompt F5=Refresh F12=Cancel
INZBRM OPTION(*FLASHCOPY) STATE(*STRPRC)
INZBRM OPTION(*FLASHCOPY) STATE(*STRBKU)
INZBRM OPTION(*FLASHCOPY) STATE(*ENDBKU)
SAVLIBBRM LIB(QUSRBRM) DEV(tape-media-library-device-name) MEDPCY(media-policy) OBJDTL(*OBJ) SAVTYPE(*FULL) SEQNBR(1) ENDOPT(*REWIND)
QSYS/RSTLIB SAVLIB(QUSRBRM) DEV(tape-media-library-device-name) VOL(volume-identifier) SEQNBR(1) OMITOBJ((QUSRBRM/*ALL *JRN)) ALWOBJDIF(*FILELVL *AUTL *OWNER *AUTL) MBROPT(*ALL)
INZBRM OPTION(*FLASHCOPY) STATE(*ENDPRC)
For additional information on FlashCopy, please refer to the iSeries and IBM® TotalStorage: A Guide to Implementing External Disk on eServer™ i5 Redbooks® publication.