Deleting journal volumes from a journal

Before you begin

  • A journal volume can only be deleted when one or more of the following conditions exists:
    • If the pair belonging to the mirror in the journal is suspended and a reserve journal volume exists.
    • If the pair belonging to the mirror in the journal is deleted.
    • If the state of every mirror in the journal is Initial, Stopped, or Hold(Failure), and a reserve journal volume exists. If one journal uses more than one mirror, you can delete a journal volume only under the conditions specified in the following table.
      Table 1: Conditions for deleting a journal volume (when one journal uses two types of mirror IDs)

      Status of journal

      Other conditions

      Mirror ID 1

      Mirror ID 2

      Stopped

      Stopped

      -

      Stopped

      Hold(Failure)

      When a 3DC configuration of UR and TC or GAD is used.

      When a 3DC configuration in which three UR sites are combined.

  • If all journal volumes in a journal are deleted (the journal is empty), all journal option data is initialized. To reset the journal’s options, see Changing options used by journals .

Procedure

  1. In the Explorer pane, expand the Storage Systems tree.

  2. Expand the target storage system tree, expand Replication, and click Remote Replication.

  3. In the Mirrors tab, select the Journal ID link for the journal you want to delete journal volumes from.

  4. In the Journal Volumes tab, click Assign Journal Volumes.

  5. From the Assigned Journal Volumes table, select the volumes to be deleted and click Remove.

  6. Click Finish.

  7. In the Confirm window, review the settings and enter a task name in the Task Name box.

  8. Click Apply to save your settings to the system.

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