Viewing FlashCopy consistency groups

Use the Viewing FlashCopy® Consistency Groups panel in the SAN Volume Controller Console to display all of the FlashCopy consistency groups that belong to the cluster.

Attributes

The following attributes are displayed in the table:

Select
Select the object to perform an action from the task list.
Note: Only one row can be selected at a time.
Name
Displays the name of the FlashCopy consistency group. Click the name to view detailed information for the consistency group.
State
Displays the current state of the FlashCopy consistency group. The following values are possible:
Copying
Indicates that at least one FlashCopy mapping in the consistency group is in the Copying state and no FlashCopy mappings are in the Suspended state.
Empty
Indicates that the FlashCopy consistency group does not have FlashCopy mappings defined for the consistency group.
Idle or Copied
Indicates that all FlashCopy Mappings in this consistency group are in the Idle or Copied state.
Preparing
Indicates that at least one FlashCopy mapping in this consistency group is in the Preparing state.
Prepared
Indicates that the mapping is ready to be started. While in this state, the target VDisk is offline and the source VDisk is in cache write-through mode.
Stopping
Indicates that the Stop a Consistency Group command has been issued and the stop task has started, but has not completed. At least one FlashCopy mapping in the consistency group is in the Stopping state and no FlashCopy mappings are in the Copying or Suspended state.
Stopped
Indicates that the consistency group is stopped because you issued a command or an I/O error occurred.
Suspended
Indicates that at least one mapping in the consistency group is in the Suspended state because access to its metadata has been lost. When access to the metadata is restored, the mapping returns to the Copying or Stopping state. When no mappings in the consistency group are in the Suspended state, the consistency group will return to the Copying or Stopping state.
Automatically Delete
Displays whether the FlashCopy consistency group will be deleted automatically if the last mapping in the group is deleted or moved out of the consistency group. The following values are possible:
  • Enabled
  • Disabled

Actions

You can select one of the following tasks from the task list:
  • Create a Consistency Group
  • Delete a Consistency Group
  • Prepare a Consistency Group
  • Rename a Consistency Group
  • Modify a Consistency Group
  • Start a Consistency Group
  • Stop a Consistency Group
Note: With the exception of the Create a FlashCopy Consistency Group task, you must first select a FlashCopy Consistency Group before you can click Go.
Go
Click this button after selecting a task from the task list. Clicking Go launches the panel for the task that you selected.
Refresh
Click this button to refresh the table with changed values.
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