Establishing Copy Services relationships

Use the Common Information Model agent object class instances to establish new Copy Services relationships.

Copy Services
The system provides different types of Copy Services functions, which include HyperSwap®, FlashCopy®, Global Mirror, and Metro Mirror.
Replication Services
You can use Replication Services to manage copy relationships.
Creating a new FlashCopy relationship between storage volumes
The IBMTSSVC_StorageConfigurationService class provides the methods for establishing a FlashCopy relationship between two IBMTSSVC_StorageVolume instances that are the same size and belong to the same IBMTSSVC_Cluster instance.
Creating a new target StorageVolume for a FlashCopy relationship
The IBMTSSVC_StorageConfigurationService class provides the methods for creating a new FlashCopy relationship between IBMTSSVC_StorageVolume and target IBMTSSVC_StorageVolume instances, which are connected through an IBMTSSVC_FlashCopyStorageSynchronized association.
Creating a replica target storage volume
You can create a target storage volume that is a replica of an existing storage volume.
Creating a FlashCopy relationship for a synchronized set
The IBMTSSVC_StorageConfigurationService class provides the methods for establishing a FlashCopy relationship between two IBMTSSVC_StorageVolume instances and then adding it to an IBMTSSVC_FlashCopyStorageSynchronizedSet instance.
Creating a synchronous copy relationship between volumes in the same clustered system
The IBMTSSVC_StorageConfigurationService class provides the methods for creating a synchronous copy relationship between a source IBMTSSVC_StorageVolume and a target IBMTSSVC_StorageVolume.
Creating a synchronous copy relationship between volumes in different clustered systems
The IBMTSSVC_StorageConfigurationService class provides the methods for creating a synchronous copy relationship between a source IBMTSSVC_StorageVolume instance and a target IBMTSSVC_RemoteStorageVolume instance that belongs to different IBMTSSVC_Cluster instances.
Sample code to create and start a FlashCopy mapping
This information demonstrates how CIMOM methods control the system. The sample code includes a main method from a Java™ class, which is designed to create and start a FlashCopy mapping, and other methods called from the main method.

Parent topic: CIM Agent development