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4 Sharing Continuous Access Synchronous volumes
This chapter helps you plan Continuous Access Synchronous pair volumes when they are shared
with non-Continuous Access Synchronous volumes. All the software products that can be used with
Continuous Access Synchronous (Cnt Ac-S) are discussed here.
Volume types that can be shared with Continuous Access Synchronous
The following table shows when volumes used by other software can also be used as Cnt Ac-S
P-VOLs and S-VOLs.
Used as Cnt Ac-S S-VOL? Used as Cnt Ac-S P-VOL? Volume type
Cache Residency
Yes Yes Cache Residency volume
Virtual LUN
Yes Yes Virtual LUN volume
Fast Snap (FS) and Snapshot (SS)
Yes Yes P-VOL in all statuses except COPY(RS-R)/RCPY
No No P-VOL in COPY(RS-R)/RCPY status
No No FS/SS P-VOL used as Cnt Ac-J P-VOL or S-VOL
No No V-VOL
No No Pool-VOL
Data Exchange
No No Volume usable by both mainframe and open systems
Data Retention
Yes Yes Volume with Read/Write attribute
Yes Yes Volume with Read Only attribute
Yes Yes Volume with Protect attribute
No Yes Volume that is disabled for use as an S-VOL
Thin Provisioning
Yes Yes THP V-VOL
No No Pool vol
Smart Tiers
Yes Yes THP V-VOL
No No Pool vol
LUN Expansion (LUSE)
Yes Yes LUSE Volume
LUN Manager
Yes Yes Volume to which a path is defined
No No Volume to which no path is defined
Yes Yes Volume to which LUN security is applied
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