The function can not be performed since the STD device is already paired with a Dynamic RDF device

No they are in sync.   I wanna have 3 BCV to R1 devices and then rotate them every 2 hours.

you need to split them, cant' have both pairs established at the same time.

is the original BCV pair split ?

Dynamox, Thanks a lot, it did worked but still it won't solve my problem with 3 BCV for 1 single 2-way mirror STD R1 device.

oop..yes, typo.

You can only have one BCV established at the same time, the other 15 have to be in split state. This still acomplishes what you want to do, here is note from TimeFinder guide:

why not ? You can have up to 16 BCVs associated with one STD device, they just can be established at the same time.

I think you wanted to say "CAN'T be established at the same time " ?

Well I am using symmir commands on 5771.

So using the Timefinder Mirror , how many BCV's I can establish at the same time??

Also wondering will it help if I use timefinder clone (symclone) and that way I can have 16BCV to a STDR1 device at the same time ?

thanks.

Thanks for the answer.

I have just activated it and now its all 100% with State=Copied (it was precopy earlier with 99% and protected tracks... which are new writes i guess)

I created them -precopy -differential option.  Also that PreCopy X has replaced with .

In current state ...I think there is no writes copied to clones now. Is that right ???

If I want the copy process tobe started again... I can simply run the establish command ? .

think of activate as "split" in timefinder/mirror. What happens after you issue "activate" depends on how you "created" the session

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Quincy thanks,

I have only used so far is symclone -sid xxx -file abc.txt create -precopy -diferential command....and

the state is at 99%... one STD to 3 BCV.

Now , origially query was showing 372 protected tracks at Source Device.  Now after a while its showing 91 protected tracks.

Can this be the reason , what are these protected tracks(checking in pdf as well ).

Kavan

Also , do i still need to activate these clones or establish them ????

Hi dynamox,

Thanks for the response it does make sense.

What i have just found is.... i dropped symmir completey.

Started using symclone .... and now same 3 BCV are TF/Cloned to same STD source with precopy -differential option set.

I think it works better with symclone for me...and they are all established at same time.

only confusing part is ... the copy % is stuck at 99% and state is PreCopy .

I'm not sure why your pre-copy is stuck at 99%, but if there are writes to the source devices, they will never really be fully copied until you activate.  You can activate anytime, so if you need the target devices, simply activate them.

If I want the copy process tobe started again... I can simply run the establish command ? .

establish should work, but get into habit of using symclone commands so i would use "recreate -precopy"