Understanding task names

The recommended names for the PPRC tasks specify the volume group and PPRC tasks to manipulate the volume pairs in the volume group.

The recommended task names use the following naming conventions:

volume_ group_action_object_direction_modifier_system

A task name may contain some or all of the components listed in the preceding syntax line.

The following table shows the values for the parts of the task name:

Table 1. Task names
A table that displays the PRRC task names
Task name	Short value	Full value
volume_ group	The name of the volume group (less than 7 characters long)
_action	The action to be executed:
	Est Sus Ter Del	Establish Suspend Terminate Delete
_object	The pair or path for the volume group:
	Pr Pt	Pair Path
_direction	The direction of the operation:
	PS SP™	Primary to secondary Secondary to primary
_modifier	The type of copy:
	NC FC SC FO FB F	No copy Full copy Sync changes Failover Failback Forced (only for the delete action)
_system	The type of system on which the action is being executed:
	P S	Primary Secondary