Removing volumes from a Global Mirror session

Complete this task to remove volumes from an existing Global Mirror session by modifying the Global Mirror session properties.

Perform the following steps to remove volumes from a Global Mirror session:

  1. In the navigation, select Real-time Manager > Copy Services > Global Mirror. A page containing a list of volumes displays. Select one or more volumes on which to perform an action.
  2. In Global Mirror — Main Page, select Modify from the Select Action drop-down list. Then click Go. The Modify Global Mirror — Select volumes page is displayed. The volumes that are currently part of this session are already selected.
  3. From the Modify Global Mirror — Select volumes page, accept or modify the selected storage complex from the Select storage complex drop-down list.
  4. Accept or modify the selected volumes from the Select volumes navigation. The volumes that you selected appear in the Selected volumes list.
    1. Optionally, you can click the Create FlashCopy button to create a new FlashCopy relationship. After you create the FlashCopy relationship and the table resets, the new valid volumes are available for selection.
    2. Optionally, you can click the Create Metro Mirror button to create a new Metro Mirror relationship. After you create the Metro Mirror relationship and the table resets, the new valid volumes are available for selection.
  5. When you have finished selecting your volumes, click Next. The Modify Global Mirror — Define Global Mirror properties page is displayed.
  6. Accept or modify the properties, and click Next. The Modify Global Mirror — Select subordinates page is displayed.
  7. Accept or modify the selected subordinates, and click Next. The Modify Global Mirror — Verification page is displayed.
  8. In Modify Global Mirror — Verification, review the attributes and values to verify that they are correct.
  9. If the attributes and values are not correct, click Back as appropriate to return to the page where you want to make changes and then specify the correct values. Otherwise, click Finish.
Related reference
Resume Global Mirror session
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