Completing session administration tasks

Use session commands to complete session tasks such as starting, stopping, suspending, or terminating sessions.

Before you begin

You can issue session commands by using the GUI, as described in this topic, or you can use the CLI to issue commands. For a description of the CLI session commands, see csmcli command descriptionsthe IBM® Copy Services Manager online product documentation (http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSESK4).

About this task

To issue a command for a session, complete the following steps:

1. In the menu bar, click Sessions.
2. On the Sessions page, select the session for which you want to issue a command.
3. Click Session Actions > Commands.

   If the session is a single-target session type, all available commands are displayed under Commands. Click the command that you want to issue.

   If the session is a multi-target session type, some of the commands are grouped by overall function. For example, Start, Stop, or Suspend. When you click a command, a window is displayed that provides specific commands for that function. For example, for Metro Mirror - Metro Mirror sessions, if you select Start, a window is displayed that contains the specific start commands that you can select. Select the command that you want, review the message text for that command, and then click Yes if you want the command to run.