IC86523: DOCUMENT TPC-R 5.1 DOES NOT SUPPORT START GLOBAL COPY COMMAND FOR SINGLE DIRECTION GM SESSION

APAR status

• Closed as documentation error.

Error description

• TPC-R 5.1 does not support issuing 'Start Global Copy' command
  if the GM session is Single Direction or part of the MGM
  session. GM with failover failback with/without Practice Volume
  is supported. This needs to be documented in TPC InfoCenter for
  5.1
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• The session types, Global Mirror Single direction nor the Global
  Mirror part of a Multi Global Mirror session support
  the Global Copy mode. Global copy mode is only available for
  Metro mirror single direction
  Metro mirror and Global mirror fail over failback
  Metro mirror and Global mirror fail over failback w/ practice
  Global mirror fail over failback Either Direction w/ Two Site
  Practice
  

Problem conclusion

• The documentation will be updated to reflect that Global Copy
  (Start GC command) is not available for certain session types.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

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