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16 performing manual operations, Changing the remote copy mode for a volume group – HP 3PAR Operating System Software User Manual

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16 Performing Manual Operations

For more information:

Issue this command:

To manually:

“Changing the Remote Copy Mode for
a Volume Group” (page 91)

setrcopygroup mode

Change the mode of a volume group

“Manually Resynchronizing Volume
Groups” (page 92)

syncrcopy

Synchronize primary and secondary
volume groups

“Changing Secondary Volume Groups
to Primary” (page 93)

setrcopygroup failover

Change volume group roles for
disaster recovery purposes

“Stopping and Starting Remote Copy”
(page 94)

stoprcopygroup

startrcopygroup

Stop and restart Remote Copy

“Removing Remote Copy Completely”
(page 94)

stoprcopygroup

Erase the Remote Copy configuration

Solution

Problem

Ensure links are up on both systems and try the command
again. and again. For more information, see

“Checking

the Links between Systems” (page 70)

.

If the mirror system does not respond to a command after
5 minutes (the timeout limit), an error message appears:

target system could not be

contacted

Changing the Remote Copy Mode for a Volume Group

NOTE:

Remote Copy allows you to assign one mode (synchronous or asynchronous periodic)

per target system. In other words, all primary volume groups on the primary system must either all
be in synchronous or all be in asynchronous periodic mode.

1.

Stop the primary volume group on the primary system. (Resynchronization snapshots remain
on the system.) Enter either:

# stoprcopygroup

- Name of the primary volume group

or:

# stoprcopygroup -pat

- Pattern of volume group names to stop (for example, Group*)

2.

Change the mode of the volume group.

# setrcopygroup mode

- New Remote Copy mode (sync or periodic)

- Name of the backup system for the volume group you are changing

- Name of the primary volume group

Changing the Remote Copy Mode for a Volume Group

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