Volume copy
One of the powerful software features included with the XIV Storage System is volume copy. A volume copy is different from a snapshot because a snapshot creates a point in time copy that is a child device of the original source volume, whereas a volume copy is a point in time copy that is independent of its source volume. This effectively makes it similar to a traditional volume copy, but combined with the sophisticated use of metadata that is found in XIV.
Volume copy’s main advantage over a snapshot is that it is independent and would ...
Get IBM XIV Storage System Copy Services and Migration now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
