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:
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.