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C.2.3 Peer-to-Peer Remote Copy
The RAMAC Virtual Array supports Peer-to-Peer Remote Copy, but only to other RVA disk
subsystems. With PPRC, volumes are mirrored. The user identifies which volumes on the
primary system are paired to which volumes on the secondary system. PPRC does not allow
RVA to ESS mirroring in either direction.
SnapShot, Virtual Concurrent Copy, and PPRC function only on the disk subsystem contents.
Any updates buffered in processor memory are not included. It is up to the user to quiesce the
application to ensure that it has written the data to the disk subsystem in a manner that
copies are usable without performing restart activities such as the backout of inflight
transactions. ...