Temporarily disabling HyperSwap or Open HyperSwap

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In some situations, it might be necessary to temporarily disable the HyperSwap® or Open HyperSwap function for a session.

About this task

You might want to disable HyperSwap or Open HyperSwap in the following circumstances:
  • If you are performing maintenance on the system
  • If one sysplex member cannot communicate with one or more volumes

Complete these steps to disable Open HyperSwap for a specific session:

Procedure

  1. In the Copy Services Manager menu bar, click Sessions.
  2. On the Sessions page, select the sessions for which you want to disable the HyperSwap or Open HyperSwap function.
  3. From the Session Actions list, select View/Modify > Properties.
  4. On the applicable tab of the View/Modify Properties notebook, select Disable HyperSwap or Disable Open HyperSwap.
    Tip: On management servers that run on a z/OS® operating system, you can disable the HyperSwap function from an MVS command prompt window by entering the SETHS DISABLE command.