Viewing Global Mirror session properties

Complete this task to view general properties of the Global Mirror session or information about Global Mirror session failures.

1. In the navigation, select Real-time Manager > Copy Services > Global Mirror. A page containing a list of sessions displays. Select one or more sessions on which to perform an action.
2. In Global Mirror — Main Page, select Properties from the Select Action drop-down list. Then click Go.
3. The Global Mirror session properties page is displayed. On this page, you can view general properties of the Global Mirror session by selecting the General tab, or information about failures on the Global Mirror session by selecting the Failures tab. When you select theGeneral tab, the following session properties display:

   Global Mirror properties

   Session number

   The session ID that you assigned, '01-FF' (1-255 decimal).

   Master storage unit

   The serial number (or nickname) of the master storage unit.

   Master LSS

   The LSS ID which consists of a Storage Unit ID followed by two hexadecimal characters (00 - 1F) that identify a Global Mirror master LSS ID.

   Subordinate ID

   The serial number (or nickname) and LSS of the subordinate storage unit, if applicable. If there subordinates are not available, the column will display "No subordinates."

   Consistency Group Interval

   The amount of time that Global Mirror is in Global Copy mode between the formation of each consistency group. The default is zero seconds, which means that Global Mirror will continuously form consistency groups as fast as the environment will allow.

   Maximum Coordination Interval

   The maximum time that Global Mirror will allow for the formation of the consistency group before failing this consistency group, up to 65,535 milliseconds. Having this time value set ensures that if there is an error recovery event or communications problem, applications will not experience significant impact from consistency group formation failures.

   Time writes Inhibited at Remote Site

   The maximum time that will be spent sending the current consistency group to the remote site before completion of the current consistency group fails. The default is 30 seconds.

   Consistency Group Attempts

   The number of attempts recorded since the last successful consistency group was formed in a Global Mirror session.

   When you select theFailures tab, the following properties display:

   Select failure

   Most recent failure

   Specifies that information about the most recent failure of the consistency group formation attempt is displayed.

   Previous failure

   Specifies that information about the next to last failure of the consistency group formation attempt is displayed.

   First failure

   Specifies that information about the first failure of the consistency group formation is displayed.

   Failure data

   Storage unit sequence number

   The five-digit storage unit sequence number.

   Failing LSS

   The LSS number that has caused the failure of the consistency group formation.

   Failure reason

   The error reason of the failure of the consistency group formation attempt.

   Master state

   The state of the master storage unit for the Global Mirror failure.