You
can change the attributes for a FlashCopy® consistency
group on the Modifying FlashCopy consistency groups
panel in the SAN Volume Controller Console.
Attributes
The
following attributes are displayed in the table:
- Consistency
Group ID
- Displays the system-assigned identifier for the FlashCopy consistency group.
- Consistency Group 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:
- 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 consistency group is ready to start. While
in this
state, the target VDisks of all FlashCopy mappings
in this consistency
group are offline.
- 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.
- Stopping
- Indicates that
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 FlashCopy mapping in the consistency
group is in the Suspended state.
- Empty
- Indicates that the FlashCopy consistency group
does not have any FlashCopy mappings.
- 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:
Fields
You
can update the following fields:
- New Name
- Enter
the new name of the FlashCopy consistency group.
- Automatically
delete the consistency group when empty
- Select
this option to delete the consistency
group if the last mapping in the group is deleted or moved out of
the consistency group. When you select this option, the FlashCopy
mapping table refreshes so only mappings that are enabled for automatic
deletion are displayed. When you enable the Automatically
delete option for the consistency group, all FlashCopy
mappings within the consistency group are enabled for automatic deletion.
Actions
The
following actions are available:
- OK
- Click
this button to change the selected FlashCopy consistency
group.
- Cancel
- Click this button
to exit the panel without changing the selected FlashCopy consistency
group.