Operating statuses

The following table shows how operating statuses during remote copy mode can be recognized using the output of /SHOW-REMOTE-COPY-STATUS.

The operating status is indicated by the values of REM-COPY-STATE and TARGET-ACCESS (see table). The other fields indicate the device status.

Operating status	Output of /SHOW-REMOTE-COPY-STATUS
	REM-COPY-STATE column	TARGET-ACCESS column
OK	ACTIVE	BY-SOURCE
Failure of part of the remote copy pair	ERROR	BY-SOURCE or NONE (ON-ERROR=HOLD)
disaster	ERROR	NONE
Failure recovery	ERROR	DIRECT
Failure recovery test	IN-HOLD	DIRECT

Example

/SHOW-REMOTE-COPY-STATUS UNIT=(587C,587D)

 %  --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 %  SRC   TAR   VOLUME!REMOTE-COPY  TARGET!LAST-STA-CHNG!LINK  !SYN!SRC!CON!CAS 
 %  UNIT  UNIT        !STATE   MODE ACCESS!DDDD.HH:MM:SS!      !CH !-RA!R-C!R-C 
 %  =========================================================================== 
 %   587C  5FA0 XXXX.0!IN-HOLD SYNC DIRECT!   0.00:01:12!AVAIL.!NO ! 10!NO ! -
 %   587D  5FA1 XXXX.1!ACTIVE  SYNC BY-SRC!  47.11:58:58!AVAIL.!YES! 10!NO ! -