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4 Sharing Continuous Access Synchronous Z volumes
This chapter helps you plan Continuous Access Synchronous Z (Cnt Ac-S Z) pair volumes when
they are shared with non-Cnt Ac-S Z volumes. All the software products that can be used with Cnt
Ac-S Z are discussed here.
Volume types that can be shared with Continuous Access Synchronous Z
The following table shows when volumes used by other software can also be used as Cnt Ac-S Z
P-VOLs and S-VOLs.
Used as S-VOL? Used as P-VOL? Functions and volumes
Cache Residency
Yes Yes Volume with CR data
Compatible FlashCopy
Yes Yes S-VOL
No Yes
1
,
3
,
5
T-VOL
Compatible FlashCopy SE
(4)
Yes Yes S-VOL
No No T-VOL
Parallel Access Volumes
Yes Yes Parallel Access Volumes volume
Compatible XRC
No Yes Main volume
No Yes Remote volume
Concurrent Copy (CC)
No Yes CC volume
Data Exchange
No No Volume for mainframe and open-systems use
Thin Provisioning Z
Yes Yes THP V-VOL
No No Pool vol
Business Copy Z
Yes Yes P-VOL in Split/SUSPOP status
No No P-VOL in Resync-R/REVRSY status
No No P-VOL when also used as a Cnt Ac-J Z primary or
secondary volume
Yes Yes P-VOL (none of the above)
No Yes S-VOL in Split/SUSPOP status
No No S-VOL (none of the above)
No No
1, 3, 5
Reserved volume
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