Pair status and supported pair user tasks

A pair's status determines the actions you can perform. The following table shows the pair actions based on the pair status.

The following table shows the required pair status for each action.


Pair status	Pair user task
Pair status	Create pairs	Split pairs	Resynchronize pairs (Normal Copy)	Resync pairs (Reverse Copy)	Suspend pairs	Delete pairs
SMPL(PD)	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
COPY(PD)/COPY	YES	YES	NO	NO	YES	YES
PAIR	YES	YES	NO	NO	YES	YES
COPY(SP)/COPY	YES	NO	NO	NO	YES	YES
PSUS(SP)/PSUS	YES	NO	YES	NO	YES	NO
PSUS	YES	NO	YES	YES	YES	YES
COPY(RS)/COPY	YES	NO	NO	NO	YES	YES
COPY(RS-R)/RCPY	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES	YES
PSUE	YES	NO	YES	NO	NO	YES