Soft Fence is a volume protection function for disaster recovery provided by IBM®. You should know what happens for remote path operations in volumes for which Soft Fence is set.
For details about Soft Fence, see the Provisioning Guide for Mainframe and IBM® documentation.
The following table describes remote path operations in volumes for which Soft Fence is set.
| Operation | Soft Fence setting | Operation result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| P-VOL | S-VOL | ||
|
Add remote paths |
Set |
Not set |
Terminates abnormally* |
|
Not set |
Set |
Terminates normally |
|
|
Set |
Set |
Terminates abnormally* |
|
|
Not set |
Not set |
Terminates normally |
|
|
Delete remote paths |
Set |
Not set |
Terminates abnormally* |
|
Not set |
Set |
Terminates normally |
|
|
Set |
Set |
Terminates abnormally* |
|
|
Not set |
Not set |
Terminates normally |
|
| *Terminates normally if CCI is used. | |||
The following table describes pair operations when Soft Fence is set for TCz pairs.
| Operation | Soft Fence setting | Operation result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| P-VOL | S-VOL | ||
|
Create pairs |
Set |
Not set |
Terminates abnormally |
|
Not set |
Set |
Terminates abnormally |
|
|
Set |
Set |
Terminates abnormally |
|
|
Not set |
Not set |
Terminates normally |
|
|
Resynchronize pairs |
Set |
Not set |
Terminates abnormally |
|
Not set |
Set |
Terminates abnormally |
|
|
Set |
Set |
Terminates abnormally |
|
|
Not set |
Not set |
Terminates normally |
|
| Split pairs |
Set |
Not set |
Terminates abnormally* |
|
Not set |
Set |
Terminates normally |
|
|
Set |
Set |
Terminates abnormally* |
|
|
Not set |
Not set |
Terminates normally |
|
| Delete pairs |
Set |
Not set |
Terminates abnormally* |
|
Not set |
Set |
Terminates normally |
|
|
Set |
Set |
Terminates abnormally* |
|
|
Not set |
Not set |
Terminates normally |
|
| * Operations for pairs registered in consistency groups specified by CCI or Business Continuity Manager terminate normally. | |||