Viewing consistency group status – HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console Software User Manual

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default setting is five minutes. If the delay between the TrueCopy for Mainframe M-VOL update
and the corresponding R-VOL update reaches the specified time, the RCU will suspend all R-VOLs
in the group. A timeout occurs when the RCU was not able to settle a recordset within the specified
time, or when the RCU has not had any communication from one of the MCUs in the group within
the specified time.

RCU ready (min.): allows you to select the maximum delay allowed for re-establishing MCU-RCU
communications following MCU power-off (none or from 1 to 10 min., 0 = no timeout for RCU
ready). The default setting is five minutes. If the MCU is not able to re-establish communication
with the RCU within the specified time, the MCU suspends all M-VOLs in the group.

To change the group options for one or more groups:

1.

Make sure that all pairs in the group(s) have been suspended, so that you can change the
group options.

2.

Click the Asynchronous Operation tab, and select the LDKC that the consistency groups you
want to operate belong to, or Used in the tree to display the existing consistency groups in
the list.

3.

Select the consistency group(s) for which you want to change the options. You can only select
groups for which the connected storage system is the MCU (This CU Type = MCU).

4.

Right-click the selected group(s), click CT Group Operation, and then click CT Group Option
to open the CT Group Option dialog box. If the CT Group Option command is not enabled,
you need to suspend the remaining pairs in this group.

5.

On the CT Group Option dialog box, select the desired group options. For further information
on the consistency group options. You can only change the port type when the group does
not contain any pairs.

6.

Click Set to close the CT Group Option dialog box. (Click Cancel to cancel the group option
operation.) The preview list displays the requested change group option operation(s).

7.

Verify the requested operation(s) displayed in the preview list.

To change the group option operation(s), select the operation(s) from the preview list, right-click,
and click Modify. To remove one or more operations, select the operation(s) from the preview
list, right-click, and click Delete. To cancel all operations, select all the operations in the preview
list, right-click, and click the Delete command, or click Cancel.

8.

To apply the settings, click Apply.

9.

When you are finished changing the CT group options, you can resynchronize all pairs in
the group(s).

Viewing Consistency Group Status

The CT Group Status dialog box (see

“CT Group Status Dialog Box” (page 125)

) displays the

detailed status information for the selected TrueCopy for Mainframe Async consistency group.

To view the detailed consistency group status information:

1.

Click the Asynchronous Operation tab, and select the LDKC that the consistency groups you
want to operate belong to, or Used in the tree.

2.

Select the desired CT group in the list. Select only one consistency group.

3.

Right-click the group, click CT Group Operation, and then click CT Group Status to open the
CT Group Status dialog box.

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