Important:  In a grid configuration, each TS7700 is considered a separate source. Therefore, only the physical volume that is exported from a source TS7700 can be used for the recovery of that source. Physical volumes that are exported from more than one source TS7700 in a grid configuration cannot be combined to use in recovery. Recovery can occur only to a single cluster configuration; the TS7700 that is used for recovery must be configured as Cluster 0. 

## Secondary Copies window 

If the user creates a secondary copy, the original secondary copy is deleted because it becomes inactive data. For example, if the user modifies constructs for virtual volumes that were exported and the virtual volumes are remounted, a new secondary physical volume is created. 

The original physical volume copy is deleted without overwriting the virtual volumes. When the Copy Export operation is rerun, the new, active version of the data is used. 

The following fields and options are presented to the user to help testing recovery or running a recovery: 

GLYPH<SM590000> Volser of physical stacked volume for Recovery Test: The physical volume from which the Copy Export recovery attempts to recover the database. 

GLYPH<SM590000> Disaster Recovery Test Mode: This option determines whether a Copy Export Recovery is run as a test or to recover a system that suffered a disaster. If this option is selected (default status), the Copy Export Recovery runs as a test. If the option is not selected, the recovery process runs in normal mode, as when recovering from an actual disaster. 

When the recovery is run as a test, the content of exported tapes remains unchanged. Also, primary physical copies remain unrestored and reclaim processing is disabled to halt any movement of data from the exported tapes. 

Any new volumes that are written to the system are written to newly added scratch tapes, and do not exist on the previously exported volumes. This option ensures that the data on the Copy Export tapes remains unchanged during the test. 

In contrast to a test recovery, a recovery in normal mode (option is not selected) rewrites virtual volumes to physical storage if the constructs change so that the virtual volume’s data can be placed in the correct pools. Also, in this type of recovery, reclaim processing remains enabled and primary physical copies are restored, which requires the addition of scratch physical volumes. 

A recovery that is run in this mode enables the data on the Copy Export tapes to expire in the normal manner and those physical volumes to be reclaimed. 

Note:  The number of virtual volumes that can be recovered depends on the number of FC5270 licenses that are installed on the TS7700 that is used for recovery. 

GLYPH<SM590000> Erase all existing virtual volumes during recovery: This option is shown if virtual volume or physical volume data is present in the database. A Copy Export Recovery operation erases any data. No option exists to retain data while running the recovery. The user can select this option to proceed with the Copy Export Recovery operation. 

GLYPH<SM590000> Submit: Click this button to start the Copy Export Recovery operation. 

