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IBM XIV Storage System Copy Services and Migration

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When a mirror coupling relationship is first created, no data movement occurs.4.4.5 Activating an <strong>XIV</strong> mirror couplingWhen an <strong>XIV</strong> mirror coupling is first activated, all actual data existing on the master is copiedto the slave. This process is referred to as initialization. <strong>XIV</strong> Remote Mirroring copies volumeidentification information (that is, physical volume ID/PVID) <strong>and</strong> any actual data on thevolumes. Space that has not been used is not copied.Initialization may take a significant amount of time if a large amount of data exists on themaster when a mirror coupling is activated. As discussed earlier, the rate for this initial copy ofdata can be specified by the user. The speed of this initial copy of data will also be affected bythe connectivity <strong>and</strong> b<strong>and</strong>width (number of links <strong>and</strong> link speed) between the <strong>XIV</strong> primary <strong>and</strong>secondary systems.As an option to remove the impact of distance on initialization, <strong>XIV</strong> mirroring may be initializedwith the target system installed locally, <strong>and</strong> the target system may be disconnected afterinitialization, shipped to the remote site <strong>and</strong> reconnected, <strong>and</strong> mirroring reactivated.If a remote mirroring configuration is set up when a volume is first created (that is, before anyapplication data has been written to the volume), initialization will be very quick.When an <strong>XIV</strong> consistency group mirror coupling is created, the CG must be empty so there isno data movement <strong>and</strong> the initialization process is extremely fast.The mirror coupling status at the end of initialization differs for <strong>XIV</strong> synchronous mirroring <strong>and</strong><strong>XIV</strong> asynchronous mirroring (see “Synchronous mirroring states” on page 80 <strong>and</strong> “<strong>Storage</strong>pools, volumes, <strong>and</strong> consistency groups” on page 92), but in either case, when initialization iscomplete, a consistent set of data exists at the remote site. See Figure 4-33.SITE 1 SITE 2ProductionDR Test/Recovery ServersVolume PeerDesignatedPrimaryMMMVolumeCoupling/MirrorActiveVolumeCoupling/MirrorActiveVolumeCoupling/MirrorActiveSSSVolume PeerDesignatedSecondaryConsistency Group PeerPrimary Designation (P)Master Role (M)P/MCGCoupling/MirrorActiveS/SConsistency Group PeerSecondary Designation (S)Slave Role (S)Figure 4-33 Active mirror coupling4.4.6 Adding volume mirror coupling to consistency group mirror couplingOnce a volume mirror coupling has completed initialization, the master volume may be addedto a mirrored consistency group in the same storage pool (note that with each mirroring typeChapter 4. Remote Mirroring 97

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