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Properties display - ds cli vs. ds sm – IBM DS6000 User Manual

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Chapter 9. FlashCopy interfaces

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Out-of-synch tracks

The window displaying the out-of-synch tracks can be used to monitor how the FlashCopy
performs in the background; see Figure 9-7. A refresh interval can be set to refresh the
display after a preselected period of time.

Figure 9-7 Out-of-synch tracks folder

Properties display - DS CLI vs. DS SM

Table 9-7 compares the differences in the way that the FlashCopy information is displayed
when requested either using the DS CLI command

lsflash

, or an existing FlashCopy

relationship was selected for display using the DS SM front end.

Table 9-7 FlashCopy properties as displayed by the DS CLI vs. the DS SM front end

Properties with DS CLI command

lsflash

Properties with DS SM

FlashCopy property

Property

Contents

Property Contents

Source LSS

SrcLSS

#

Source LSS in
selection window

From selection list

Sequence Number the FlashCopy belongs to. Can also be used for Consistency Groups.

SequenceNum

###

Sequence number
from overview window

###

Shows if a Background Copy is currently running. If the DS CLI returns ActiveCopy=disabled this
could be similar to out-of-sync tracks>0 or copy complete on the DS SM.

ActiveCopy

Enabled or disabled

Status in overview
window

Copy complete or
out-of-sync tracks>0
or background copy
running

Shows if recording was selected for both source and target volume to allow for later usage of resync.

Recording

Enabled or disabled

Change recording

Yes or no

Shows if the FlashCopy is a persistent one.