text: **5.8 Copy Services**
  
  The IBM Spectrum Virtualize copy services and volumes copy operations are based on the 
  IBM FlashCopy function. In its basic mode, the function creates copies of content on a source 
  volume to a target volume. Any data on the target volume is lost and is replaced by the copied 
  data. 
  
  More advanced functions allow FlashCopy operations to occur on multiple source and target 
  volumes. Management operations are coordinated to provide a common, single point-in-time 
  for copying target volumes from their respective source volumes. This technique creates a 
  consistent copy of data that spans multiple volumes. 
  
  The IBM SAN Volume Controller Copy Services menu offers the following operations in the 
  GUI, as shown in Figure 5-46: 
  
  (cid:2) FlashCopy 
  (cid:2) Consistency Groups 
  (cid:2) FlashCopy Mappings 
  (cid:2) Remote Copy 
  (cid:2) Partnership 