Managing Metro Mirror, Global Mirror, and active-active relationship

You can use the command-line interface (CLI) to manage Metro Mirror, Global Mirror, and active-active relationships.To work with Metro Mirror or Global Mirror relationships in the management GUI, select Copy Services > Remote Copy > New relationship. Active-active relationships are automatically created when HyperSwap volumes are created with either the mkvolume command or with the Create Volume wizard in the management GUI.

Creating Metro Mirror, Global Mirror, or active-active relationships using the CLI
You can use the command-line interface (CLI) to create Metro Mirror, Global Mirror, or active-active relationships.
Modifying Metro Mirror, Global Mirror, or active-active relationships using the CLI
You can use the command-line interface (CLI) to modify certain attributes of Metro Mirror, Global Mirror, or active-active relationships. You can change only one attribute at a time for each command submission.
Switching Metro Mirror or Global Mirror relationships using the CLI
You can use the command-line interface (CLI) to reverse the roles of primary and secondary volumes in a stand-alone Metro Mirror or Global Mirror relationship when that relationship is in a consistent state. You cannot switch roles between primary and secondary volumes for an active-active relationships.
Replacing a master volume with an auxiliary volume in active-active relationships
In active-active relationships, you cannot switch the roles of the volumes in the relationship; however, you can uses the rmvdisk -keepaux command.
Starting and stopping Metro Mirror, Global Mirror, or active-active relationships using the CLI
You can use the command-line interface (CLI) to start and stop stand-alone Metro Mirror, Global Mirror, or an active-active relationships. Relationships that are members of consistency groups must be started and stopped using the consistency group CLI commands.
Displaying the progress of Metro Mirror, Global Mirror, or active-active relationships using the CLI
You can use the command-line interface (CLI) to display the background copy of Metro Mirror, Global Mirror, or active-active relationships as a percentage.When the initial background copy process for a relationship has completed, null is displayed for the progress of that relationship.
Deleting Metro Mirror, Global Mirror, or active-active relationships using the CLI
You can use the command-line interface (CLI) to delete Metro Mirror, Global Mirror, or active-active relationships.

Parent topic: Managing Copy Services