1. A computer implemented method for defining allowed operations for one or more flexible copy volumes associated with an original flexible volume, comprising: generating a first flexible copy volume associated with an original flexible volume; defining a first set of allowed operations for the first flexible copy volume within first metadata associated with the first flexible copy volume; generating a second flexible copy volume associated with the original flexible volume; and defining a second set of allowed operations for the second flexible copy volume within second metadata associated with the second flexible copy volume, the second set of allowed operations different than the first set of allowed operations, the first set of allowed operations comprising a first operation that is not comprised in the second set of allowed operations, the first flexible copy volume and the second flexible copy volume available for allowed operations regardless of a state of the original flexible volume.