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Table 1 Information about whether you can create migration plans when using Resource Partition

(continued)

Resource groups where target volumes belong

Resource groups where source
volumes belong

are not assigned to user groups where
you belong

are assigned to user groups where you
belong

No: You cannot create migration plans.

CAUTION:

When you use mainframe system, you can access only one resource group from a

host. It is recommended that you should specify volumes that are assigned to the resource group
that can be accessed from the host as source volumes and target volumes.

For details about Resource Partition, see XP7 Provisioning for Open Systems User Guide or XP7
Provisioning for Mainframe Systems User Guide
.

Supported and prohibited source and target volumes

The following list includes volumes and volume types that cannot be used as source or target
volumes for Auto LUN:

Volumes being used by the host as command devices

IBM 3390 Concurrent Copy volumes

Volumes undergoing a Quick Format operation

Volumes and virtual volumes constituting Fast Snap pairs

Pool volumes used by Fast Snap

The following table lists the volumes and volume types that can and cannot be considered as
candidates for source and/or target volumes for an Auto LUN operation. The table is categorized
by program product.

Table 2 Candidates for source and target volumes by program product

Target Volume Candidate?

Source Volume Candidate?

Volume Type/Status

Program Product

Yes, but the target volume
may not be associated with

Yes

Note that the maximum
capacity is 4 TB

THP V-VOL

Thin Provisioning

the same Thin Provisioning
pool as the source volume.

(4,398,046,511,104
byte).*

Note that the maximum
capacity is 4 TB
(4,398,046,511,104 byte).*

No

No

Pool volume

Yes, but the target volume
may not be associated with

Yes, but you cannot specify
the volume whose emulation

THP V-VOL

Thin Provisioning Z

the same Thin Provisioning Z
pool as the source volume.

type is 3390-V or 6588-A
as the source volume.

You cannot specify the volume
whose emulation type is
3390-V or 6588-A as the
target volume.

No

No

Pool volume

No

Yes

A volume in PSUS, PSUE, or
PAIR status

Continuous Access
Synchronous

Supported and prohibited source and target volumes

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