Suspending GAD pairs by consistency group

You can suspend all of the GAD pairs registered to a consistency group at the same time.

Before you begin

  • The Storage Administrator (Remote Copy) role is required.
  • The consistency group must contain GAD pairs (Used must be displayed for Usage in the Remote Replication window or GAD Consistency Group Properties window).
  • In the Remote Replication window or the GAD Consistency Group Properties window, the status of the consistency group (displayed in the Status column) must be one of the following:
    • Resynchronizing
    • When the local consistency group contains the P-VOL (Primary is displayed in the Pair Position column), the consistency group status must be INIT/COPY, COPY, or PAIR.
    • When the local consistency group contains the S-VOL (Secondary is displayed in the Pair Position column), the consistency group status must be PAIR, and the I/O mode of all pairs in the consistency group must be Mirror (Read Local).
  • The resource group to which the pair volumes of the consistency group belong must be assigned to the user group to which the user belongs.

Procedure

  1. In the Storage Systems tree, select Replication, and then Remote Replication.

  2. In the GAD Consistency Groups tab, select the consistency group to be suspended, and then click Suspend Consistency Groups.

  3. Make sure the consistency group to be suspended appears in the Selected Consistency Groups table.

  4. In the Confirm window, check the settings you made, and then enter the task name for Task Name.

  5. Click Apply.

    The task is registered. If the Go to tasks window for status check box is selected, the Tasks window appears.

Next steps

After suspending pairs by consistency group, in the Remote Replication window, make sure the pair status of all the GAD pairs registered to the consistency group is PSUS (if the pair was suspended from the storage system at the primary site) or SSWS (if the pair was suspended from the storage system at the secondary site).

To check the status of pairs that are being suspended by consistency group, click the refresh button in the top right corner of the main window of Storage Navigator to refresh the information in the Remote Replication window, or display the detailed information in the Consistency Group Properties window.

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