Clarification of supported & unsupported use of Flashcopy backups of mounted AIX filesystems
- Why is FlashCopy of a mounted file system unsupported?
- When is FlashCopy of a mounted file system a supported operation?
- What steps are recommended for a consistent copy?
- What can be done if a supported environment is not available?
ESS FlashCopy consistency group function which is guided to be used in this document can not be used at FlashCopy V1 customers.
And AIX Freeze/Thaw function is only provided for JFS2 filesystem not for JFS filesystem and only provided latest level of AIX V5.2 and 5.3.