Convert to asynchronous mirroring for a mirror pool

You can convert a mirror pool from synchronous mirroring to asynchronous mirroring.

About this task

To convert a mirror pool:

Procedure

1. Enter smit
2. In SMIT, select System Storage® Management (Physical and Logical Storage) > Geographic Logical Volume Manager Utilities > Geographically Mirrored Logical Volumes > Manage Geographically Mirrored Volume Groups with Mirror Pools > Configure Mirroring Properties of a Mirror Pool > Convert to Asynchronous Mirroring for a Mirror Pool and press Enter.
3. Select a Volume Group.
4. Select a Mirror Pool.
5. Enter the field values as follows:

   Table 1. Convert to Asynchronous Mirroring for a Mirror Pool fields

   Field	Value
   VOLUME GROUP Name	The name of the volume group that contains the mirror pool.
   MIRROR POOL Name	The name of the mirror pool that you want to convert to asynchronous mirroring.
   Logical Volume for IO Cache	Specifies the name of an asynchronous I/O-cache logical volume. The logical volume must be of the aio_cache type and must not reside in the mirror pool. If you leave this field blank, GLVM will attempt to find it automatically.
   IO Cache High Water Mark Value	Specifies the I/O-cache high watermark. The value is the percent of I/O cache size. The default value is 100%.

6. Press Enter.