Re: PowerHA Full System Flashcopy

sounds some weird.

The „system ASP“ can be on an external SAN since years (if not decades) - depending on the SAN.
Also a FlashCopy of the System ASP can be done IIRC even with Power5 systems connected to a V7000;
it will get complicated when you have additional iASP.

-h


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Von: "Gerald Magnuson" <gmagqcy.midrange@xxxxxxxxx>
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Gesendet: 02.03.2021 21:13:08
Betreff: PowerHA Full System Flashcopy

I got a email from IBM about a utility to perform a Flash copy to a new
LPAR, then you can do a restricted save.

a statement in the note says: The Full System Copy Services Manager (FSFC)
for IBM i is unique as it does not require an IASP, but instead Flashes the
system ASP.

System ASP, vs. IASP. So on current models, the System ASP can exist on
External Disk?
I think of "System ASP" as "disks formatted and owned by a IBM i server",
and a IASP as "a SAN that presents disk to IBM i". But we can now have
the IBMi point to a san and say "put my System ASP here"?