Type
Pairs with the
clone attribute
Volume components
To create Thin Image pairs, the following volumes are required.
Volume type
Primary
Secondary
Pool
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Volume that can
Volume that can
be used as P-VOL
be used as S-VOL
Logical volume
DP-VOL
(LDEV)
Volumes that can be used
Logical volume (LDEV)
Thin Image V-VOL (V-VOL of
which provisioning type is
Snapshot)
DP-VOL
Logical volume (LDEV)
Overview of Thin Image
Cascade
Description
capability
the snapshot
attribute, use a
DP-VOL as the S-
VOL.
The logical
volume of the P-
VOL contains DP-
VOLs (V-VOL of
which provisioning
type is Dynamic
Provisioning).
Pairs to be cloned.
Yes
The logical
volume of the P-
VOL contains DP-
VOLs (V-VOL of
which provisioning
type is Dynamic
Provisioning).
Description
Logical volume of a P-VOL
contains DP-VOLs (V-VOLs of
which provisioning type is
Dynamic Provisioning).
Use this volume to create
snapshot pairs. Cannot be used
for cascaded or cloned pairs.
This volume is required to
create a pair with the S-VOL
specified.
Use this volume to create
cascaded or cloned pairs.
This volume is required to
create a pair with the S-VOL
specified. Cloned pairs must be
created with the S-VOL
specified.
Volumes that configure a pool
which stores snapshot data.
Differential data of a P-VOL is
stored in a pool volume as
snapshot data.
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