Global Mirror commands

This section contains commands that are used to create, manage, and delete Global Mirror relationships and to display Global Mirror information.

Use the following commands to create, manage, and delete Global Mirror relationships and to display Global Mirror information:

mkgmir
pausegmir
resumegmir
rmgmir
showgmir
showgmircg
showgmiroos

The mkgmir command starts Global Mirror processing for a specified session.

The pausegmir command pauses Global Mirror processing for the specified session. There are 2 primary reasons to pause Global Mirror processing:

To repair a part of the Global Mirror infrastructure, such as: Global Copy volume pairs or FlashCopy pairs
To make modifications to the Global Mirror tuning parameters

The resumegmir command resumes Global Mirror processing for a specified session. If you have issued a pausegmir command to pause Global Mirror processing, issue the resumegmir command to continue Global Mirror processing.

The rmgmir command ends Global Mirror processing for the specified session.

The showgmir command generates two reports. The first report displays the detailed properties about the current Global Mirror operations that are associated with a specified logical subsystem ID. The second report displays the performance metrics for the current Global Mirror operations that are associated with a specified logical subsystem ID.

The shogmircg command generates a report that displays the consistency group status for the specified Global Mirror session.

The showgmiroos command generates a report that displays the number of unsynchronized (out of sync) tracks for the specified Global Mirror session.