This topic includes information about managing Metro Mirror
and Global Mirror relationships.
Creating Metro Mirror and Global Mirror relationships
You can use the SAN Volume Controller Console to
create Metro Mirror and Global Mirror relationships. The maximum number of Metro Mirror and
Global Mirror relationship is 8192 per cluster.
Switching Metro Mirror or Global Mirror relationships using the CLI
You can use the command-line interface (CLI) to reverse
the roles of primary and secondary virtual disks in a stand-alone Metro
Mirror or Global Mirror relationship
when that relationship is in a consistent state. Relationships that
are members of consistency groups must be switched by using the consistency
group CLI commands.
Starting and stopping Metro Mirror or Global Mirror relationships using the CLI
You can use the command-line interface (CLI) to start and
stop stand-alone Metro
Mirror and Global Mirror relationships.
Relationships that are members of consistency groups must be started
and stopped using the consistency group CLI commands.
Displaying the progress of Metro Mirror or Global Mirror relationships using the CLI
You can use the command-line interface (CLI) to display
the background copy of Metro
Mirror or Global Mirror relationships
as a percentage. When the initial background copy process for a relationship
has completed, null is displayed for
the progress of that relationship.