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Work with copy services

You can use copy services to copy volumes, create a snapshot schedule, create an instant snapshot, mirror a volume asynchronously, and mirror a volume synchronously.

  • Copy volume
    You can copy data from one volume to another volume in the same storage array, and create a physical, point-in-time duplicate (clone) of a source volume.
  • Take action on a Copy Volume operation
    You can view a Copy Volume operation in progress and stop, change priority, re-copy, or clear a Copy Volume operation.
  • Create asynchronous mirrored volume
    You mirror a volume asynchronously to maintain data at the remote storage array to be a point-in-time consistent copy of data at the local storage array. You do this by creating a mirror consistency group to establish the mirroring relationship between the two storage arrays, and then selecting the primary volume and secondary volume that you want to use in the mirror.
  • Create synchronous mirrored volume
    You mirror a volume synchronously to replicate data in real-time between storage arrays, so your information is protected from both system and site failures. You do this by selecting the primary volume and the secondary volume that you want to use in the synchronous mirroring relationship between a local storage array and a remote storage array.
  • Create snapshot image
    You can manually create a snapshot image from a base volume or snapshot consistency group. This is also called an instant snapshot or instant image .
  • Schedule snapshot images
    You create a snapshot schedule to enable recovery in case of a problem with the base volume and to perform scheduled backups. Snapshots of base volumes or snapshot consistency groups can be created on a daily, weekly, or monthly schedule, at any time of day.