Specifications

Verifying the host is configured for storage
Perform the following steps to determine whether or not your Windows 2000 host
system is configured for storage:
1. Partition new drives with Disk Administrator.
2. From the Windows 2000 desktop, right click Start.
3. Click Explore and verify that you can see the fibre-channel drives.
4. Select a large file (for example, 9 MB file), and drag (copy) it to a fibre-channel
drive.
Performing a FlashCopy from one volume to another volume
You can perform two types of a FlashCopy from one Windows 2000 volume to
another volume.
1. Basic
2. Dynamic
Performing a basic FlashCopy
Perform the following steps to perform a basic FlashCopy from one Windows 2000
volume to another volume. Before you perform the steps, you must log on with
administrator authority. The following steps assume you perform the steps from the
host where the FlashCopy target is.
1. Perform the FlashCopy operation.
Note: If the ESS uses the volume serial numbers to do a FlashCopy on a
Windows 2000 host system, use the IBM Subsystem Device Driver to
obtain the volume serial numbers.
2. Restart the server that has the target volume.
3. From the taskbar, click Start →Settings → Control Panel .
4. From the Control Panel window, double click Administrative Tools.
5. From the Administrative Tools window, double click Computer Management.
6. From the Computer Management window, double click Disk Management to
launch Disk Management.
This assigns the driver letter to the target if needed.
If the volume is in the basic mode, you are finished.
Performing a dynamic FlashCopy
Perform the following steps to perform a dynamic FlashCopy from one Windows
2000 volume to another volume. Before you perform the steps, you must log on
with administrator authority. The following steps assume you perform the steps from
the host where the FlashCopy target is.
1. Perform the FlashCopy operation.
Note: If the ESS uses the volume serial numbers to do a FlashCopy on a
Windows 2000 host system, use the IBM Subsystem Device Driver to
obtain the volume serial numbers.
2. Restart the server that has the target volume.
3. From the taskbar, click Start →Settings → Control Panel .
4. From the Control Panel window, double click Administrative Tools.
5. From the Administrative Tools window, double click Computer Management.
6. From the Computer Management window, double click Disk Management to
launch Disk Management.
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