Deleting a Metro Mirror or Global Copy relationship

You can delete a Metro Mirror relationship between the source and target volumes. This action removes the source and target volumes from the configuration.

About this task

You can use this function to delete a Metro Mirror or Global Copy pair.

Procedure

Complete the following steps from the DS Storage Manager to delete a Metro Mirror or Global Copy relationship between the source and target volume:

  1. In the navigation, select Copy Services > Metro Mirror/Global Copy. The Metro Mirror/Global Copy main page is displayed.
  2. Select a storage image from the menu. A list of Metro Mirror and Global Copy sessions is displayed. Select the session or sessions that you want to delete.
  3. Select Delete from the Action menu.
    1. If you delete a Metro Mirror or Global Copy volume pair with the source LSS and the process runs successfully, the source and the target volume go into simplex state.
    2. If you delete a Metro Mirror or Global Copy volume pair with the target LSS and the process runs successfully, the source volume is in suspended state, and the target volume is in simplex state. This option is useful in a disaster situation when the source (local) site is down.
  4. The Delete Metro Mirror/Global Copy window opens, with a list of the session or sessions that you selected to delete. Click Delete to delete the session or sessions.