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Establishing a standard device BCV pair

This procedure explains how to issue the Establish command to create a relationship between a standard device and a BCV. Every track from the standard device is copied to the BCV.

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Managing-EMC-TimeFinder-objects

  1. Access the EMC Objects panel, as described in Accessing-the-SSI-monitor.

  2. On the EMC Objects panel, type 2 (Establish) in the selection field next to the standard device for which you want to establish a pair and press Enter.

    Warning

    Important

    If you attempt to perform an Establish operation on a device that is already online to one or more systems, XBM prompts you whether to continue the Establish attempt.

    The EMC TimeFinder device selection subpanel (the following figure) is displayed. It lists all available BCVs and indicates the device that was last established as the BCV in the Information field.

              EMC TimeFinder device selec Row 1 to 24 of 192  
                                                               
      Select a single BCV device for Establish,                 
      'S' or '/', then press Enter.                             
      S   Addr  DNum  IVolser  Information                      
          570E 010E                                          
          570F 010F            Last Established BCV
          5710 0110                                          
          5711 0111                                          
          5712 0112                                          
          5713 0113                                          
          571E 011E                                          
               
                                                               
      Command ===>                                              
       F1=Help    F4=All     F5=None    F7=Bkwd    F8=Fwd       
      F12=Cancel

    (PTF BPE0482 applied)

              EMC TimeFinder device selec Row 1 to 24 of 192  
                                                               
      Select a single BCV device for Establish,                 
      'S' or '/', then press Enter.                             
      S  Addr  SymDevNo  IVolser  Information           
         570E  0000010E                                          
         570F  0000010F           Last Established BCV
         5710  00000110                                          
         5711  00000111                                          
         5712  00000112                                          
         5713  00000113                                          
         571E  0000011E                                          
               
                                                               
      Command ===>                                              
       F1=Help    F4=All     F5=None    F7=Bkwd    F8=Fwd       
      F12=Cancel
  3. Type / or S in the selection field next to the BCV that you want to associate with the standard device and press Enter.The SSI action response subpanel indicates that the Establish operation has been initialized.
  4. Press F12 to return to the EMC TimeFinder Objects panel.


 

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