Volume copy
- What a volume copy is
Volume copy is a way of copying both data in the active file system and data in storage systems from one volume to another. The source and destination volumes must be the same type (traditional or flex).
- Prerequistes before copying a volume
The storage systems involved in a volume copy operation must meet several requirements.
- Copying volumes
You use the vol copy start command to generate volume copy operations, which produce screen messages that show the progress of the operations.
- Checking the status of a volume copy operation
You use the vol copy status command to check the status of volume copy operations.
- Displaying the current speed for copying a volume
You can display the speed for copying a volume when you want to determine the current setting, and to verify the speed before changing the setting. This procedure enables you to verify the default speed for all volume copy operations.
- Controlling a volume copy operation speed
You can control the speed of a volume copy operation before you start the volume copy operation and during a volume copy operation.
- Aborting a volume copy operation
If data is being copied between two storage systems, you can stop copying by executing the vol copy abort command on either storage system. If you start the volume copying operation from the system console, you can enter the vol copy abort command only through the rsh command. This is because you do not have access to the system prompt on the console during the copying.
