Stopping A Mirror; Listing Mirrors; Viewing Mirror Log Files - IBM TotalStorage NAS Gateway 500 Administrator's Manual

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where devicename specifies the mirror or mirrors to start. The keyword ALL
specifies that all mirror devices should be started.
SMIT fastpath
The SMIT fastpath command to start a mirror is smit startmirror.
WebSM
To start a mirror from the main WebSM panel, navigate to: NAS Management→NAS
System→Remote Mirroring→All Remote Mirror Devices→(right-click a remote
device)→Start .

Stopping a mirror

You can stop mirroring on one or more volumes without deleting the volume or the
remote mirroring configuration.
Note: This command can be used when a situation at one site would affect a
CLI command
From the command line, enter stopmirror -d {ALL | devicename [ devicename ...] }
where devicename specifies the volume or volumes to stop. The keyword ALL
specifies that all mirror devices should be stopped.
SMIT fastpath
The SMIT fastpath command to stop a mirror is smit stopmirror.
WebSM
To stop a mirror from the main WebSM panel, navigate to: NAS Management→NAS
System→Remote Mirroring→All Remote Mirror Devices→(right-click a remote
device)→Stop .

Listing mirrors

You can list all of the remotely mirrored volumes.
CLI command
From the command line, enter lsmirror.
SMIT fastpath
The SMIT fastpath command to list a mirror is smit lsmirror.
WebSM
To list a mirror from the main WebSM panel, navigate to: NAS Management→NAS
System→Remote Mirroring→All Remote Mirror Devices→(right-click a remote
mirror device)→Properties.

Viewing mirror log files

You can display the Remote Mirroring log or statistical information regarding
remotely mirrored volumes.
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remote copy of the volume that is being mirrored. Stopping the mirroring can
prevent some performance problems associated with a remote volume being
inaccessible. When the remote copy becomes available, the startmirror
command must be used to restart mirroring to synchronize the two copies.
Failure to use the startmirror command to restart the mirroring can result in
data integrity problems.

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