Managing Metro Mirror
In PowerHA® environment that
use IBM® System Storage® Metro Mirror technology, you must configure a metro mirroring
session between the IBM i systems
and the external disk units with Metro Mirror configured. From the
system, you can manage these sessions.
- Suspending Metro Mirror
You might need to suspend Metro Mirror sessions to perform maintenance on the system. - Resuming Metro Mirror sessions
After you have completed routine operations, such as performing maintenance on your system, you need to resume a suspended Metro Mirror session to re-enable high availability. - Detaching Metro Mirror copy
If you are using Metro Mirror and want to access the target copy to perform save operations or data mining, you must detach the target copy from the source copy. - Reattaching Metro Mirror
If you detached the target copy and have completed your work with the detached target copy, you must reattach the detached target copy to resume using Metro Mirroring. - Ending Metro Mirror
You can end the Metro Mirror session to no longer use the session for high availability and disaster recovery. - Displaying or changing Metro Mirror properties
Display information about a metro mirroring session to change the associated copy descriptions.
Parent topic: Managing PowerHA