Pair status (TrueCopy and Universal Replicator)

REST API Reference Guide for Virtual Storage Platform 5000, Virtual Storage Platform E Series, and Virtual Storage Platform G/F Series

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90-09-0x
88-08-10
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MK-98RD9014-17
This section explains the operations and status transition for TrueCopy pairs and Universal Replicator pairs.

Pair status for TrueCopy pairs

The following explains the operations and status transitions for TrueCopy pairs.

Pair status

Description

Access to the P-VOL

Access to the S-VOL

SMPL

Unpaired volumes

--

--

COPY

A pair is being created.

An initial copy or resynchronization is being performed.

R/W enabled

R enabled

PAIR

Paired volumes

The initial copy finished, and the pair volumes are synchronized.

R/W enabled

R enabled

PSUS

The pair is split by operation, or deleted from the storage system on the secondary site. (This value is output for the P-VOL.)

R/W enabled

R/W enabled

#1

SSUS

The pair is split by operation, or deleted from the storage system on the secondary site. (This value is output for the S-VOL.)

R/W enabled

R/W enabled

#1

PSUE

The pair is split due to a failure.

R/W enabled

#2

R enabled

SSWS

The P-VOL and S-VOL are switched, and the S-VOL is writable.

R enabled

R/W enabled

#1: When you split a pair, you can specify whether to permit read-write or read-only.

#2: When the fence level of the P-VOL is DATA (S-VOL data), read-only is permitted.

If you delete a pair, the pair status changes to SMPL.

Pair status for Universal Replicator pairs

The following explains the operations and status transitions for Universal Replicator pairs.

Universal Replicator pairs have specific pair statuses because Universal Replicator pairs use the journal volume to asynchronously copy data.

Pair status

Description

Access to the P-VOL

Access to the S-VOL

SMPL

Unpaired volumes

-- --

COPY

A pair is being created.

An initial copy or resynchronization is being performed.

R/W enabled

R enabled

PAIR

Paired volumes

The initial copy is finished, and the pair volumes are synchronized.

R/W enabled

R enabled

PSUS

The pair is split by operation, or deleted from the storage system on the secondary site. (This value is output for the P-VOL.)

R/W enabled

R/W enabled

#

SSUS

The pair is split by operation, or deleted from the storage system on the secondary site. (This value is output for the S-VOL.)

R/W enabled

R/W enabled

#

PSUE

The pair is split due to a failure.

R/W enabled

R enabled

SSWS

The P-VOL and S-VOL are switched, and the S-VOL is writable.

R enabled

R/W enabled

PFUL

The amount of the data in the journal volume exceeds the threshold (80%).

The pair is not split, and data continues to be copied.

R/W enabled

R enabled

PFUS

The amount of the data in the journal volume reaches 100%, and the pair is split.

You must review the configurations of remote paths and the journal volume.

R/W enabled

R enabled

#

#: This is determined by the secondary volume's access mode that is specified to split the pair. (Default: Read is enabled.)

If you delete a pair, the pair status changes to SMPL.

Note:

In the following cases, if you perform an operation on a pair, the request successfully returns a response, but the details specified in the request body are not actually applied:

  • When you perform a pair splitting operation on a pair for which the status is PSUS or SSUS
  • When you perform a pair resynchronization operation on a pair for which the status is COPY or PAIR