Hello

If you need to restore the data from the BCV to the new STD then folowing are the points :

1.create a test dg (you need to create the dg on different server or otherwise if you are creating on the same server then you need to disassociate the BCV devices for a time being from the original DG)

2.Add the New STD device and associate with the BCV devices you need to refresh the data

3.Execute the following command

Symmir –sid xxx –g -full restore STD_Ldevname BCV ld BCV_Ldevname

Sanjeev Tanwar

Are these RAID5 BCVs or regular BCVs ?

You can also do a clone from the source STD to the target STD and bypass the BCV altogether.

Uwe is correct with his suggestion.

Also, if your current BCV is an integral part of your environment, you can just clone it to another standard.

This will leave your original SDDF session between your STD and BCV as well as create a new SDDF session between the BCV and new clone STD target.

one thing to note is that if you are using RAID5 BCVs you will not able to clone it to another device without first canceling STD-BCV relationship (and issues associated with doing that)

Hello Dynamox,

I was looking for documentation around your comments but could not find anything. Do you have a technical reference I could review?

According to what I understand from the product guide, this would be supported and only a split would be required to peform a clone session.

TimeFinder/Clone Emulation

emc137707

Yep, that's what it states...I guess that why they call you the expert!

Thanks for the informaation.

you are welcome . Learn that the hard way while trying to get creative with refreshing dev/qa environemts from prod BCVs. But guess what, in 5874 you can do just that by using cascaded clone. Got a Vmax ?