Copy of replication status for synchronization

A method for synchronizing replication status comprising:

• continuously replicating data from a first device designated with a device status of a primary to a second device designated with a device status of secondary, wherein a first peer-to-peer remote copy (PPRC) relationship is established between the first and second devices, the first and second devices storing replication information comprising a bitmap with a replication status for each data block of the first device;
• copying an instant point-in-time copy of the data from the second device to a copy device;
• copying the replication information from the second device to the copy device;
• and
• creating a link between the replication information of the second device and the replication information of the copy device

A computer program product for synchronizing replication status, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therein, the program code readable/executable by a processor to:

• continuously replicating data from a first device designated with a device status of primary to a second device designated with a device status of secondary, wherein a first peer-to-peer remote copy (PPRC) relationship is established between the first and second devices, the first and second devices storing replication information comprising a bitmap with a replication status for each data block of the first device;
• copying an instant point-in-time copy of the data from the second device to a copy device;
• copying the replication information from the second device to the copy device;
• And
• creating a link between the replication information of the second device and the replication information of the copy device.

A method for deploying a computer program product, comprising integrating program code into a computing system, wherein the code in combination with the computing system performs the following:

• continuously replicating data from a first device designated with a device status of a primary to a second device designated with a device status of secondary, wherein a first peer-to-peer remote copy (PPRC) relationship is established between the first and second devices, the first and second devices storing replication information comprising a bitmap with a replication status for each data block of the first device;
• copying an instant point-in-time copy of the data from the second device to a copy device;
• copying the replication information from the second device to the copy device;
• and
• creating a link between the replication information of the second device and the replication information of the copy device.