Changing assignment of secondary volumes to Thin Image pair snapshot data
You can change S-VOLs that are assigned to snapshot data.
If the amount of snapshot data in selected P-VOLs or the total number of pairs in selected snapshot groups exceeds 37,768, an error message appears when attempting to perform pair tasks.
Before you begin
You must have the Storage Administrator (Local Copy) role.
Procedure
Navigate to the Local Replication window.
In Command Suite:
On the Resources tab, click Storage Systems, and then expand the storage system tree.
Right-click the target storage system, and then select Local Replication.
In Device Manager - Storage Navigator:
In the Explorer pane, click Storage Systems, expand the storage system tree, expand Replication, and then click Local Replication.
In the Local Replication window, select a P-VOL in the TI Primary Volumes tab or a snapshot group in the Snapshot Groups tab.
Click Operate TI Pairs.
In the TI Pairs window, click More Actions > Assign Secondary Volumes.
From the Available LDEVs table, select the LDEV you want to assign as the S-VOL, and then click Set.
The selected LDEV is displayed in the Secondary Volumes column of the Selected Pairs table.
(VSP G1000 only) Nondisruptive migration volumes do not appear in the Available Primary Volumes table.
If you select a capacity in Capacity, the Available LDEVs and Selected Pairs tables display the LDEVs that match the selected capacity.
If you select a row in the Available LDEVs table and a row in the Selected Pairs table and then click Set, you can configure a pair.
If you select LDEVs that were assigned to an S-VOL with the Exclude Assigned Volumes check box unchecked, the S-VOL to which snapshot data is assigned can be changed.
Click Finish, and then confirm the settings.
Accept the default task name or enter a unique name.
You can enter up to 32 letters, numbers, and symbols, except the following:
\ / : , ; * ? " < > |
If you want to monitor the task after submitting it, select Go to tasks window for status.
Click Apply to submit the task.
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