The Create FlashCopy Logical Drive Wizard - Specifying Names dialog lets you specify a unique name and name. Choose names that help you associate the flashcopy logical drive and flashcopy repository logical drive with their
corresponding .
To move to the next dialog in the wizard, click Next.
FlashCopy Logical Drive and FlashCopy Repository Logical Drive Default Names
By default, the flashcopy name is shown in the FlashCopy logical drive name text box as:
[base-logical drive-name] - sequence-number
where sequence-number is the chronological number of the flashcopy relative to the base logical drive.
The default name for the associated flashcopy repository logical drive that is shown in the FlashCopy repository logical drive name text box is:
[base-logical drive-name] - R + sequence-number
For example, if you create the first flashcopy logical drive for a base logical drive called “Accounting,” then the default
name of the flashcopy logical drive is “Accounting-1.” The default name of the associated flashcopy repository logical drive
is “Accounting-R1.” The default name of the next flashcopy logical drive you create based on “Accounting” is “Accounting-2.”
The corresponding flashcopy repository logical drive is named “Accounting-R2” by default.
Guidelines
Keep these guidelines in mind when you create flashcopy logical drives:
Whether you use the software-supplied sequence number (by default) populates the FlashCopy logical drive name text box or the FlashCopy repository logical drive name text box, the next default name for a flashcopy logical drive or a flashcopy repository logical drive will still use the
sequence number that is determined by the software. For example, you name the first flashcopy of base logical drive “Accounting”
“AccountingMight18.” You do not use the software-supplied sequence number of 1, but the default name for the next flashcopy
of “Accounting” is still “Accounting-2.”
The next available sequence number is based on the number of existing flashcopys of a base logical drive. If you delete a
flashcopy logical drive, its sequence number becomes available again.
You must choose a unique name for the flashcopy logical drive and the flashcopy repository logical drives, or an error message
appears.
There is a 30-character limit. After you reach this limit in either the FlashCopy logical drive name text box or the FlashCopy repository logical drive name text box, you can no longer type in the text box. If the base logical drive is 30 characters, then the default names for
the flashcopy logical drive and its associated flashcopy repository logical drive use the base logical drive name truncated
enough to add the sequence string. For example, for “Host Software Engineering Group GR-1,” the default flashcopy logical
drive name is “Host Software Engineering GR-1.” The default flashcopy repository logical drive name would be “Host Software
Engineering G-R1.”