IBM XIV Storage System Copy Services and Migration

In order to obtain details about the consistency group, the GUI provides a panel to view theinformation. Under the Volumes menu, select Consistency Groups. Figure 1-35 illustrateshow to access this panel.Figure 1-35 Accessing the consistency group viewThis selection sorts the information by consistency group. The panel allows you to expand theconsistency group and see all the volumes owned by that consistency group. In Figure 1-36,there are two volumes owned or contained by the xiv_db_cg consistency group. In thisexample, a snapshot of the volumes has not been created.Figure 1-36 Consistency Group viewFrom the consistency group view, you can create a consistency group without addingvolumes. On the menu bar at the top of the window, there is an icon to add a new consistencygroup. By clicking the Add consistency group icon shown in Figure 1-37, a creation dialog boxappears, as shown in Figure 1-33 on page 24. Then provide a name and the storage pool forthe consistency group.Figure 1-37 Adding a new consistency groupChapter 1. Snapshots 25