You can assign new pairs or existing pairs to a new consistency group.
To assign new pairs to a new consistency group
- Create CCI configuration definition file C for a multiple primary and secondary system configuration.
- Perform the paircreate operation according to configuration definition file C created in Step 1.
To assign existing pairs to a new consistency group
- Create CCI configuration definition file A with which to use CCI for pair operations.
- Perform the pairsplit operation according to configuration definition file A created in Step 1.
- Perform the pairresync operation without designating a consistency group. Do this using configuration definition file A.
- Perform the pairsplit operation again using configuration definition file A.
- Create CCI configuration definition file C for the multiple primary and secondary system configuration.
- Perform the pairresync operation and register them to configuration definition file C.
Tip: After deleting existing pairs, you can perform steps to assign new pairs to a new consistency group.