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IBM XIV Storage System Copy Services and Migration

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In synchronous mirroring, during st<strong>and</strong>by mode, <strong>XIV</strong> metadata is used to note which parts ofa master volume have changed but have not yet been replicated to the slave volume(because mirroring is not currently active). The actual changed data is not retained in cache,so there is no danger of exhausting cache while mirroring is in st<strong>and</strong>by mode.When synchronous mirroring is reactivated by a user comm<strong>and</strong> or communication is restored,the metadata is used to resynchronize changes from the master volumes to the slavevolumes. <strong>XIV</strong> mirroring records changes for master volumes only. If it is desirable to recordchanges to both peer volumes while mirroring is in st<strong>and</strong>by mode, the slave volume must bechanged to a master volume.Note that in asynchronous mirroring, metadata is not used <strong>and</strong> the comparison between themost_recent <strong>and</strong> last_replicated snapshots indicates the data that must be replicated.Planned deactivation of <strong>XIV</strong> remote mirroring may be done to suspend remote mirroringduring a planned network outage or DR test, or to reduce b<strong>and</strong>width during a period of peakload.4.4.9 Changing role of slave volume or CGWhen <strong>XIV</strong> mirroring is active, the slave volume or CG is locked <strong>and</strong> write access is prohibited.To allow write access to a slave peer, in case of failure or unavailability of the master, theslave volume role must be changed to the master role. Refer to Figure 4-37.SITE 1 SITE 2Production ServersDR Test/Recovery ServersVolume PeerDesignated PrimaryMaster RoleMVolumeCoupling/MirrorSt<strong>and</strong>byMVolume PeerDesignated SecondaryMaster RoleCG PeerDesignated PrimaryMaster RoleMCGCoupling/MirrorSt<strong>and</strong>byMCG PeerDesignated SecondaryMaster RoleFigure 4-37 Changing role of slave volume or CGChanging the role of a volume from slave to master allows the volume to be accessed. Insynchronous mirroring, changing the role also starts metadata recording for any changesmade to the volume. This metadata may be used for resynchronization (if the new mastervolume remains the master when remote mirroring is reactivated). In asynchronous mirroring,changing a peer's role automatically reverts the peer to its last_replicated snapshot.When mirroring is in st<strong>and</strong>by mode, both volumes may have the master role, as shown in thefollowing section. When changing roles, both peer roles must be changed if possible (theexception being a site disaster or complete system failure). Changing the role of a slavevolume or CG is typical during a true disaster recovery <strong>and</strong> production site switch.100 <strong>IBM</strong> <strong>XIV</strong> <strong>Storage</strong> <strong>System</strong>: <strong>Copy</strong> <strong>Services</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Migration</strong>

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