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IBM XIV Storage System Copy Services and Migration

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Using XCLI comm<strong>and</strong>s to change rolesFigure 6-28 shows an example of using XCLI comm<strong>and</strong>s to change roles.-- Slave change rolemirror_change_role cg="HS_Pool1_CG"-- Master change rolemirror_change_role cg="HS_Pool1_CG"-- Activate new Mastermirror_activate cg="HS_Pool1_CG"Figure 6-28 XCLI change roles6.3 Resynchronization after link failureWhen a link failure occurs, the primary system must start tracking changes to the mirrorsource volumes so that these changes can be copied to the secondary once recovered.When recovering from a link failure, the following steps are taken to synchronize the data:► Asynchronous mirroring sync jobs proceed as scheduled. Sync jobs are restarted <strong>and</strong> anew most_recent snapshot is taken. See 6.5.4, “Mirroring special snapshots” onpage 172.► The primary system copies the changed data to the secondary volume. Depending onhow much data must be copied, this operation could take a long time, <strong>and</strong> the statusremains RPO_Lagging.6.4 Disaster recoveryThere are two broad categories of disaster:► One that destroys the primary (local) site or destroys the data there► One that makes the primary site or the data there unavailable, but that leaves the dataintactHowever, within these broad categories there are a number of situations that may exist. Someof these <strong>and</strong> the recovery procedures are considered below:►A disaster that makes the <strong>XIV</strong> at the primary site unavailable, but leaves the site itself <strong>and</strong>the servers there still availableIn this scenario the volumes/CG on the <strong>XIV</strong> at the secondary site can be switched tomaster volumes/CG, servers at the primary site can be redirected to the <strong>XIV</strong> at thesecondary site, <strong>and</strong> normal operations can start again. When the <strong>XIV</strong> at the primary site isrecovered the data can be mirrored from the secondary site back to the primary site. A fullinitialization of the data is usually not needed.Only changes that take place at the secondary site are transferred to the primary site. Ifdesired, a planned site switch can then take place to resume production activities at theprimary site. See 6.2, “Role reversal” on page 166, for details related to this process.Chapter 6. Asynchronous Remote Mirroring 169

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