IBM Storwize FC Consistency Group Tasks

This chapter contains the following sections:

Create IBM Storwize Consistency Group

Summary

Create IBM Storwize Consistency Group

Description

This task creates a new consistency group and identification name. The ID of the new group is displayed when the command process completes. If you have created several FlashCopy mappings for a group of volumes that contain elements of data for the same application, you might find it convenient to assign these mappings to a single FlashCopy consistency group. You can then issue a single prepare command and a single start command for the whole group, for example, so that all of the files for a particular database are copied at the same time.

Inputs

Input	Description	Mappable To Type	Mandatory
Account Name	Select Account name	account​Name	Y
Consistency Group Name	Enter name for creating consistency group	gen_​text_​input	Y

Outputs

Output	Description	Type
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​CONSISTENCY_​GROUP_​IDENTITY	Output of consistency group identity	ibm​Storwize​Consistency​Group​Identity
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​ACCOUNT_​NAME	Output of infra account name	account​Name
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​CONSISTENCY_​GROUP_​NAME	Output of consistency group name	gen_​text_​input
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​DATACENTER	Output of datacenter name on which selected operation was performed	datacenter​Name

Delete IBM Storwize Consistency Group

Summary

Delete IBM Storwize Consistency Group

Description

This task deletes the specified FlashCopy consistency group. If there are mappings that are members of the consistency group, the command fails unless you select the force delete option. When you select the force delete, all of the mappings that are associated with the consistency group are removed from the group and changed to stand-alone mappings.

Inputs

Input	Description	Mappable To Type	Mandatory
Consistency Group	Select IBM Storwize consistency group to delete	ibm​Storwize​Consistency​Group​Identity	Y

Outputs

Output	Description	Type
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​CONSISTENCY_​GROUP_​IDENTITY	Output of consistency group identity	ibm​Storwize​Consistency​Group​Identity
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​ACCOUNT_​NAME	Output of infra account name	account​Name
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​CONSISTENCY_​GROUP_​NAME	Output of consistency group name	gen_​text_​input
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​DATACENTER	Output of datacenter name on which selected operation was performed	datacenter​Name

Rename IBM Storwize Consistency Group

Summary

Rename IBM Storwize Consistency Group

Description

This task assigns a new name for the selected consistency group

Inputs

Input	Description	Mappable To Type	Mandatory
Consistency Group	Select consistency group to rename	ibm​Storwize​Consistency​Group​Identity	Y
Consistency Group Name	Enter new name for consistency group	gen_​text_​input	Y

Outputs

Output	Description	Type
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​CONSISTENCY_​GROUP_​IDENTITY	Output of consistency group identity	ibm​Storwize​Consistency​Group​Identity
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​ACCOUNT_​NAME	Output of infra account name	account​Name
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​CONSISTENCY_​GROUP_​NAME	Output of consistency group name	gen_​text_​input
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​DATACENTER	Output of datacenter name on which selected operation was performed	datacenter​Name

Start IBM Storwize Consistency Group

Summary

Start IBM Storwize Consistency Group

Description

This task starts a consistency group, which results in a point-in-time copy of the source volumes of all mappings in the consistency group

Inputs

Input	Description	Mappable To Type	Mandatory
Consistency Group	Select consistency group to start	ibm​Storwize​Consistency​Group​Identity	Y

Outputs

Output	Description	Type
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​CONSISTENCY_​GROUP_​IDENTITY	Output of consistency group identity	ibm​Storwize​Consistency​Group​Identity
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​ACCOUNT_​NAME	Output of infra account name	account​Name
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​CONSISTENCY_​GROUP_​NAME	Output of consistency group name	gen_​text_​input
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​DATACENTER	Output of datacenter name on which selected operation was performed	datacenter​Name

Stop IBM Storwize Consistency Group

Summary

Stop IBM Storwize Consistency Group

Description

This task stops a group of mappings in a consistency group. If the copy process is stopped, the target disks become unusable unless they already contain complete images of the source

Inputs

Input	Description	Mappable To Type	Mandatory
Consistency Group	Select consistency group to stop	ibm​Storwize​Consistency​Group​Identity	Y

Outputs

Output	Description	Type
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​CONSISTENCY_​GROUP_​IDENTITY	Output of consistency group identity	ibm​Storwize​Consistency​Group​Identity
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​ACCOUNT_​NAME	Output of infra account name	account​Name
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​CONSISTENCY_​GROUP_​NAME	Output of consistency group name	gen_​text_​input
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​DATACENTER	Output of datacenter name on which selected operation was performed	datacenter​Name