[0099] The copy target information may include brand information. Brand information, as will be described later, is handled by the sales terminal 300 as information indicating a brand that is desired to be purchased. Thus, it becomes possible for users to recommend their favorite brands to each other and purchase substrates of the recommended brands. [0100] The copy target information may include profile information. In this case, it becomes possible for users to recommend their favorite profiles to each other and cause the inhaler devices 100 to perform heating in accordance with the recommended profiles.

The Copy Target functionality copies all sources, tables, rules and indices from the source to the destination target and is primarily used for server migration.

A method and device for performing a volume copy is provided. The volume copy method allows access to both the Volume Copy Source and Volume Copy Target while the volume copy process is occurring. This allows a system administrator to initiate a volume copy without worrying that host access to the Volume Copy Source and Volume Copy Target will be interrupted.