HPE XP7 FlashCopy Space Efficient Software

HPE XP7 for FlashCopy Mirroring Software provides snapshot capability for local copy of mainframe volumes. It enhances data availability for mainframe data and improves productivity by providing IBM FlashCopy compatible point-in-time copies within an HPE XP7 Storage. As soon as a copy is created, it becomes available for use. The copy can be either virtual or physical. If a virtual copy is specified, it remains a pointer-based copy that only saves the changes from the original. However, if a physical copy is specified, a full copy will be completed in the background while both the source and the copy remain available for access.

For additional availability, FlashCopy can be combined with Business Copy for Mainframe, Continuous Access Synchronous for Mainframe, Continuous Access Journal for Mainframe, and HPE XP7 for Compatible Extended Remote Copy.

FlashCopy Space Efficient - Storage space required by copies can be reduced with FlashCopy Space Efficient. FlashCopy SE uses space based on actual data being copied, not based on the S-VOL size, thus reducing the physical capacity used for T-VOLs. which are managed as a track space efficient (TSE) volume. The TSE is a thin provisioned volume subtype for use with FlashCopy SE. Only the NOCOPY option can be used with Space Efficient FlashCopy and a whole volume must be used as the S-VOL and T-VOL.