Volume types that can be shared with TrueCopy
The following table shows when volumes used by other software can also be
used as TC P-VOLs and S-VOLs.
Volume type Used as TC P-VOL? Used as TC S-VOL?
Active flash
DP-VOL Yes Yes
Pool-VOL No No
Data Retention Utility
Volume with Read/Write attribute Yes Yes
Volume with Read Only attribute Yes Yes
Volume with Protect attribute Yes Yes
Volume that is disabled for use as an S-VOL Yes No
Dynamic Provisioning
DP-VOL Yes Yes
Pool-VOL No No
Dynamic Tiering
DP-VOL Yes Yes
Pool-VOL No No
Global-active device
P-VOL No No
S-VOL No No
Global storage virtualization
Number of virtual storage machine
volumes
3
Yes Yes
LUN Manager
Volume to which a path is defined Yes Yes
Volume to which no path is defined No No
Volume to which LUN security is applied Yes Yes
Quorum disk
Volume with the GAD Reserved virtual
attribute
No No
ShadowImage (SI)
P-VOL in PSUS (Delete pair to RCU) status Yes
Yes
1
P-VOL in COPY(RS-R)/RCPY status No No
SI P-VOL is also used as a UR P-VOL or S-
VOL
No No
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Sharing TrueCopy volumes
Hitachi TrueCopy® User Guide for Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform Gx00 and Fx00 Models