IBM XIV Storage System Copy Services and Migration

From the Snapshots Group Tree view, you can see many details. Select the group to view onthe left panel by clicking the group snapshot. The right panes provide more in-depthinformation about the creation time, the associated pool, and the size of the snapshots. Inaddition, the consistency group view points out the individual snapshots present in the group.Refer to Figure 1-45 for an example of the data that is contained in a consistency group.Figure 1-45 Snapshots Group Tree viewTo display all the consistency groups in the system, issue the XCLI cg_list command.Example 1-11 Listing the consistency groupscg_listNamePool NameGroup1GCHI_THIN_01EXCH_CLU_CONSGROUP GCHI_THIN_01snapshot_test snapshot_testTiexiv_poolmirror_cgredbooks_mirrorxiv_db_cgxiv_volume_copyMySQL Group redbooks_markusxiv_new_cgredbooks_markusMore details are available by viewing all the consistency groups within the system that havesnapshots. The groups can be unlocked or locked, restored, or overwritten. All the operationsdiscussed in the snapshot section are available with the snap_group operations.Chapter 1. Snapshots 31