Managing Srm Procedures; Using The Sra Check Tool - IBM DS8000 User Manual

v Preconfigured/non-preconfigured is switched without rescanning SRA in SRM
For environments that are not preconfigured, ensure that the following are checked
or corrected:
v For Global Mirror/Metro-Global Mirror, not enough space is in the extent pool
v For Global Mirror/Metro-Global Mirror, make sure that no session or Global
v For Metro-Global Mirror, make sure that no session or Global Mirror exists on
For environments that are preconfigured, ensure that the following are checked or
corrected:
v For Global Mirror/Metro-Global Mirror, make sure that no session or Global
v For Metro-Global Mirror, make sure that no session or Global Mirror exists on

Managing SRM procedures

Verify the following items when you encounter failure during SRM procedures.
1. Refresh the devices in the SRM array managers. If there are no errors, go to
2. Check all the previously related SRA-STATUS volume status' items in the SRA
3. Refresh the devices in the SRM array managers to ensure that there are no

Using the SRA Check Tool

The SRA Check Tool helps you to check SRA configuration for Metro Mirror and
Global Mirror after adding arrays in SRM Add Array Manager and to troubleshoot
SRM operation errors.
Note: The SRA Check Tool only supports checking the configuration for Metro
Mirror and Global Mirror configurations.
Refer to the following topics for more information.
on both the protected and the recovery site.
of the original remote-copy source volume to create Global Mirror FlashCopy.
Mirror exists on the LSS of the original remote mirror target volume for the
initial state.
the LSS of the original Metro Mirror source volume for the initial state.
Mirror exists on the LSS of the remote mirror target volume for the initial state.
the LSS of the original Metro Mirror source volume for the initial state.
step 3.
installation directory. For example, C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vCenter
Site Recovery Manager\storage\sra\IBM DS8000\lib
Note: The following example output shows the content format of the volume
status item in the SRA-STAUS file:
[SourceVolumeId:]Target VolumeId@CopyType
[@SessionId]:VOLUMESTATUS=VolumeStatus[@SessionId]
errors.
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