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differential map is copied, and the P-VOL remains accessible to all hosts for read and write operations.

The S-VOL becomes inaccessible to all hosts during a quick pairresync operation.

Figure 4

Normal and quick pairresync operations

Backward pairresync operation

A backward pairresync operation resynchronizes pairs by copying data on S-VOLs to P-VOLs. The

following are the types of backward pairresync operations:

Reverse. This operation (see Figure 5) synchronizes the P-VOL with the S-VOL. The copy direction for a

reverse pairresync operation is S-VOL to P-VOL.

Table 5

lists operational requirements for the reverse

pairresync operation. The pair status during a reverse resync operation is COPY(RS-R), and the P-VOL

and S-VOL become inaccessible to all hosts for write operations during a reverse pairresync operation.

When the reverse pairresync is complete, the P-VOL becomes accessible. The reverse pairresync

operation can only be performed on split pairs, not on suspended pairs. The reverse pairresync

operation cannot be performed on L2 cascade pairs.

NOTE:

The P-VOL remains read-enabled during the reverse pairresync operation only to enable the

host to recognize the volume. Data on the P-VOL is not guaranteed until the reverse pairresync

operation is complete and the status changes to PAIR.

Quick Restore. This operation (Figure 5) speeds up reverse resync by changing the volume map in the

disk array to swap the contents of the P-VOL and S-VOL without copying the S-VOL data to the P-VOL.

The P-VOL and S-VOL are resynchronized when update copy operations are performed for pairs in PAIR

status. The pair status during a quick restore operation is COPY(RS-R) until the volume map change is

complete. The P-VOL and S-VOL become inaccessible to all hosts for write operations during a quick

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