Viewing general details for a consistency group

Use the Viewing General Details panel in the SAN Volume Controller Console to view detailed information about a consistency group.

Attributes

The following attributes are displayed in the table:

ID
Displays the system-assigned ID for the consistency group.
Name
Displays the name of the consistency group.
State
Displays the state of the consistency group. The following states are possible:
Inconsistent stopped
Indicates that the primary VDisk is accessible for read and write operations, but the secondary VDisk is not accessible. A copy process must be started to make the secondary VDisk consistent. If all the VDisks are online, you can issue a Start command to start or restart the copy process.
Inconsistent copying
Indicates that the primary VDisk is accessible for read and write operations, but the secondary VDisk is not accessible. This state is occurs after you issue a Start command to a consistency group in the InconsistentStopped state. This state is also entered after you issue a Start command with the force option to a consistency group in the Idling or ConsistentStopped state.
Consistent stopped
Indicates that the secondary VDisk contains a consistent image, but it might be out of date with respect to the primary VDisk. This state occurs if a relationship is in the ConsistentSynchronized state and experiences an error that forces a freeze of the consistency group. This state can also occur if a relationship is created with the CreateConsistentFlag set to TRUE. If all the VDisks are online, you can issue a Start command to start or restart the copy process.
Consistent synchronized
Indicates that the primary VDisk is accessible for read and write operations. The secondary VDisk is accessible for read-only I/O operations.
Idling
Indicates that the master VDisks and Auxiliary VDisks are operating in the primary role. Both VDisks are accessible for write operations.
Idling disconnected
Indicates that the VDisks in this half of the consistency group are all operating in the primary role and can accept read or write operations.
Inconsistent disconnected
Indicates that the VDisks in this half of the consistency group are all operating in the secondary role and will not accept read or write operations.
Consistent disconnected
Indicates that the VDisks in this half of the consistency group are all operating in the secondary role and will accept read I/O operations but cannot accept write operations.
Empty
Indicates that the consistency group contains no Metro Mirror or Global Mirror relationships.
Copy Type
Displays the copy type of the relationship. The following types are possible:
  • Metro
  • Global
Master Cluster ID
Displays the system-assigned ID for the master cluster.
Master Cluster Name
Displays the name of the master cluster.
Auxiliary Cluster ID
Displays the system-assigned ID for the auxiliary cluster.
Auxiliary Cluster Name
Displays the name of the auxiliary cluster.
Primary
Displays the direction of the copy. The following values are possible:
Master
Indicates that data is copied from the master virtual disks (VDisks) to the auxiliary VDisks.
Auxiliary
Indicates that data is copied from the auxiliary VDisks to the master VDisks.
N/A
Not applicable
Number of Relationships
Displays the number of relationships that are contained in the consistency group.
Freeze Time
Displays the time when the consistency group was frozen. The time is in the YY/MM/DD/HH/MM format.
Consistency Group Availability
Displays the state of the consistency group. The following values are valid:
Online
Indicates that all primary and secondary VDisks are online and no errors are seen.
Primary Offline
Indicates that at least one of the primary VDisks within the group is offline.
Secondary Offline
Indicates that at least one of the secondary VDisks within the group is offline.

Actions

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