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 An icon showing the letter i and click the number next to Clone Pairs to view the associated clone pairs (see View clone pairs).

    Click An icon showing the letter i to click the number next Storage Groups to view the associated storage groups.

    The following controls are available: