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Change Continuous Access Journal options used by mirrors

Most Continuous Access Journal pair operations are performed on multiple pairs. This is done
using a journal or mirrors. You can change the following options that affect the pairs in a mirror:

Unit of Path Watch Time—establishes the unit of path watch time.

Path Watch Time—establishes the amount of time before a blocked path results in the mirror
being split.

Forward Path Watch Time—establishes whether to forward the Path Watch Time value of the
master journal to the restore journal.

Copy Pace—establishes the pace at which data is copied.

Transfer Speed—which specifies the speed for data transfer.

Delta Resync Failure—which specifies the processing that takes place in the event of a failure.

Prerequisite information

Please be aware of the following when changing mirror options:

mirror options can be changed on the primary storage system and secondary storage system.

To change mirror options, the status of the mirror is one of the following:

Initial

Active

Stopped

Hold

Holding

Hold(Failure)

The Transfer Speed option can be changed if the mirror’s status is Active, Hold, or Holding.

When changing options for multiple mirrors, you can leave some options unchanged by
entering or selecting no value. If you specify a value, it is applied to the selected mirrors.

To change options for a mirror

1.

In Remote Web Console, select Actions > Remote Copy > Continuous Access Journal > Journal
Operation. The Journal Operation window displays.

2.

Click

to change the mode from View to Modify.

3.

Operate either of the following:

In the upper right list, right click the desired journal and then select Mirror > Change Mirror
Option.

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