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# Manage TimeFinder/Clone sessions

Clone copy sessions enable you to create clone copies of a source volume or storage group on multiple targets.

## Prerequisites

TimeFinder/Clone operations are mapped to their TimeFinder/SnapVX equivalents using Clone emulation.

## About this task

The TimeFinder/Clone dashboard provides you with a single place to monitor and manage TimeFinder/Clone sessions on a storage system.

To manage TimeFinder/Clone sessions:

## Steps

1. Select the storage system.
2. Select Data Protection > Device Groups.
3. Click the TimeFinder Clone tab to open the TimeFinder Clone list view.

   The following properties display:

   - Device Group Lists the groups containing volumes using TimeFinder/Clone. Information in this column is organized in a tree format, with groups organized into folders according to their type. To view information about a specific group, expand the appropriate folder.
   - Standard—The number of standard volumes in the group
   - BCV—The number of BCVs in the group
   - Target—The number of target volumes in the group
   - State—The combined state of the sessions in the group - if all the sessions are in the same state, that state displays; otherwise, Mixed displays.
   - Group Type—The type of group -property values: RDF1, RDF2, RDF21, and Regular
   - Group Valid—Indicates whether the group is valid -property values: Yes or No

   Click and click the number next to Clone Pairs to view the associated clone pairs (see View clone pairs).

   Click to click the number next Storage Groups to view the associated storage groups.

   The following controls are available:

   - Create Pairs— Create clone copy sessions
   - Activate— Activate clone copy sessions
   - Recreate— Recreate clone copy sessions
   - Split— Split clone volume pairs
   - Restore— Restore data from target volumes
   - Create Snapshot— Create Snapshots
   - Terminate— Terminate clone copy sessions
   - Set Mode— Modify clone copy sessions (not applicable to storage systems running PowerMaxOS 10 (6079))

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