Powering off the GAD secondary storage system

Global Active Device for VSP One Block

Version
10.5.x
Audience
anonymous
Part Number
MK-23VSP1B011-10
ft:lastEdition
2026-05-04

Use the following procedure to power off the GAD secondary storage system.

  1. Using the multi-path software, stop I/O from servers to the GAD secondary storage system.

    Direct server I/O to the primary storage system.

  2. On the primary storage system, suspend the GAD pair by specifying the P-VOL.

    Command example: pairsplit -g oraHA -IH0

  3. Confirm that the pair statuses are changed as shown in the following table.

    Pair type

    Before the GAD pair suspension

    After the GAD pair suspension

    P-VOL

    S-VOL

    P-VOL

    S-VOL

    GAD pair

    PAIR (Mirror(RL))

    PAIR (Mirror(RL))

    PSUS (Local)

    PSUS (Block)

    UR pair

    PAIR

    PAIR

    PAIR

    PAIR

    UR delta resync pair

    PSUS

    SSUS

    PSUE

    SSUS

  4. Power off the GAD secondary storage system.