Disabling a FlashCopy Logical Drive

Use the FlashCopy Logical Drive Disabling option when you want to invalidate a . This option also lets you stop any further activity to its associated .

Use this option if one of these conditions applies:


Important:

If you are finished with the flashcopy and do not intend to re-create it at a later time, in the Logical pane, select the flashcopy logical drive, and select Logical Drive >> Delete to remove it. The associated flashcopy repository logical drive also is removed. For more information, refer to the Deleting a Logical Drive online help topic.


Note:

The utility shows the flashcopy logical drive in its output, even when the flashcopy logical drive is disabled.

  1. In the Logical pane, select the flashcopy logical drive, and select Logical Drive >> FlashCopy >> Disable .
  2. In the text box, type yes and click OK.
    The flashcopy is disabled. It then appears in the Logical pane with the Disabled FlashCopy status icon. The associated flashcopy repository logical drive does not change status. The copy-on-write activity to the flashcopy repository logical drive stops until the flashcopy logical drive is re-created by selecting Logical Drive >> FlashCopy >> Re-create .

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