1. An apparatus for managing multiple copy versions of a source volume, the apparatus comprising: a replication record management module configured to maintain a current replication record descriptive of a current copy version of a source volume; a pre-pairing record management module configured to maintain a future pre-pairing record descriptive of a future copy version of the source volume; and a copy record module configured to create a copy record from a pre-copy record, the pre-copy record comprising one of the current replication record and the future pre-pairing record.