Removing copy sets

This topic describes how to remove copy sets.

1. In the menu bar, click Sessions.
2. On the Sessions page, select the session that you want to remove copy sets from.
3. From the Session Actions list, select View/Modify > Remove Copy Sets. This action starts the Remove Copy Sets wizard.
4. From the drop-down menus in the Remove Copy Sets wizard, select the Host 1 storage system, and logical storage subsystem.
   Note: If you select All Storage Systems, and then All Logical Subsystems, no table appears. However, the Next button is available so that all copy sets in the session can be deleted.
5. From the table on the same page, select the Host 1 volume. You can view the volumes by filtering on the user name or full name. You can select one or more volumes, or you can choose to Select All or Deselect All. Select the volumes that you want, and click Next.
6. On the Select Copy Sets page, choose which copy sets to remove. You can select them individually, or choose to Select All or Deselect All.
   Note: Alternatively, you can select Use a CSV file to import copy sets. All the copy sets from this CSV file listing will be selected.
7. After you select which copy sets to remove, click Next.
8. The number of copy sets to be removed is displayed. Select the following options for removing the copy sets and click Next:
   • Do you want to keep the base relationships on the hardware, but remove the copy sets from the session?
     • No. This option specifies that all relationships for the copy sets are removed from the hardware and from the Copy Services Manager session. This option is the default.

     • Yes. This option specifies that the base relationships remain on the hardware, but the copy sets are removed from the Copy Services Manager session. This option supports scenarios in which it might be best to leave the relationship on the hardware to avoid performing a full copy. For example, when you migrate from one session type to another.

       Only the base relationships (Metro Mirror, Global Copy, Snapshot, and FlashCopy) remain on the hardware. The relationships are removed from any consistency groups that are defined on the storage system.

   • If there are errors removing relationships on the hardware, do you want to force the copy sets to be removed from the session?
     • No. This option does not force the removal of copy sets. This option enables you to correct the errors and try to remove the copy sets again. This option is the default.
     • Yes. This option forces the removal of copy sets despite any errors that occur when the relationships are removed from the storage system. After a forced removal is complete, any relationships that remain on the storage system for that copy set must be removed manually by using the storage system interface.
9. After the copy sets are removed, click Finish.