Journal copy

Journal copy operations are performed when journal data is copied from the master journal volume to the restore journal volume on the secondary storage system.

• When the secondary storage system issues the read-journal command to the primary storage system, the primary storage system transfers the journal data stored in the master journal volume to the restore journal volume in the secondary storage system.

• Journal copy operations occur on a continual basis unless there is no journal data in the master journal volume. The request for data from the secondary storage system is repeated as soon as the previous read operation is completed.

The UR journal copy operations "pull" data from the primary storage system to the secondary storage system. Journal data is copied to the secondary site only when the secondary storage system issues a read-journal command, with the primary storage system operating as a resource controlled by the secondary storage system's transaction processor.