IBM Storage Virtualize Consistency Groups Report

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Run the IBM® Storage Virtualize Consistency Group report to display information about your IBM Consistency Groups. View the associated storage providers, source and target volumes, and protection status of your IBM volumes through Consistency Groups.

Before you begin

Create and run an IBM inventory job. You can select one or more IBM providers in a single job definition for cataloging. See Creating an IBM Storage Virtualize inventory job definition.

Use the IBM Consistency Group report to answer questions such as:

What is the mapping name of a specific Consistency Group?
What are the source and target volumes associated with a Consistency Group relationship?

Parameters

Use the following parameters to customize your report:

Storage Array
Multiple selections are supported.
Protection Type
Select FlashCopy® or Global Mirror with Change Volumes protection type. Multiple selections are supported.

Consistency Groups - FlashCopy

The following fields and corresponding data display in the Consistency Groups - FlashCopy section of the IBM Storage Virtualize Consistency Groups report:

Consistency Group: The name of the Consistency Group along with its status (for example: copying or idle/copied) and FlashTime.
Storage Array: The name of the storage virtualizer as known to IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management where the consistency group resides.
Mapping Name: The mapping name IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management assigns to the Consistency Group, which consists of the Consistency Group name plus the source volume name.
Source Volume: The name of the source volume in the FlashCopy relationship.
Target Volume: The name of the target volume in the FlashCopy relationship.

Consistency Groups - Global Mirror with Change Volumes

The following fields and corresponding data display in the Consistency Groups - Global Mirror with Change Volumes section of the IBM Storage Virtualize Consistency Groups report:

Consistency Group: The name of the consistency group along with its status (for example: copying or idle/copied) and FlashTime, master and auxiliary cluster.
Storage Array: The name of the storage virtualizer as known to IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management where the consistency group resides.
Mapping Name: The mapping name IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management assigns to the Consistency Group.
Master Volume: The name of the master, or source, volume in the Global Mirror relationship.
Auxiliary Volume: The name of the auxiliary, or backup, volume in the Global Mirror relationship.