All IBM external storage units can perform “instant copy” of all the disks of your IBM i LPAR.
Historically made using the ‘FlashCopy’ technology, these “instant copies” are now possible with a new method called ‘Snapshot’ or ‘Policy based FlashCopy’.
Discover the differences and how to use those two technologies to simplify and secure operations on your IBM i partitions:
- To create easily manually a copy of your prod to test a change on it (or create a backup copy before a version change)
- To perform daily several planned “instant copy” to create regular protection against ransomware or data corruption
- To reduce, using IBM i commands, the backup window to less than 2 minutes
- To refresh nearly instantly your test/acceptance/preprod environment
See how to use and automate this capability with the powerful product “
Flash for i”
