Monitoring the Status of a Remote Virtual Disk Mirror

The status of a  indicates whether the data on the  is replicated identically (fully synchronized) on the . A mirror status is independent of the component status of the underlying  in the mirrored pair. The primary and secondary virtual disk icons in the Logical View indicate both the state of the virtual disk as well as the state of the Remote Virtual Disk Mirror.

There are four states of a Remote Virtual Disk Mirror: , , , and .

The mirror status is represented with different icons in the Logical View, depending on which  you are monitoring and whether the storage array contains the primary virtual disk or the secondary virtual disk.

Important: Local virtual disks that are participating in a mirror relationship in either the primary or secondary role and engaged in a long-running operation (such as a ) display the long-running operations icon for  until the operation completes. An informational tooltip identifies the virtual disk as either a primary or secondary virtual disk.

In Example A that follows, the primary virtual disk Accounting is engaged in a long-running operation and is represented with the long-running operations icon for standard virtual disks. Its child node, the secondary virtual disk Accounting2, is represented with the Optimal, Mirror Synchronized icon for secondary virtual disks. In Example 2 that follows, the primary virtual disk Accounting has completed the long-running operation and is now represented with the Optimal, Mirror Synchronized icon for primary virtual disks.

Example 1

Example 2

When the Storage Array You are Monitoring Contains the Primary Virtual Disk

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If you have opened the  for the storage array containing the primary virtual disk, then the mirror status is indicated by the following icons in the Logical View.

Primary Virtual Disk Status	Remote Virtual Disk Mirror Status and Representation in the Logical View
	Remote Virtual Disk Mirror Status Represented in the Logical View Synchronized Synchronization in Progress Unsynchronized Suspended
	Remote Virtual Disk Mirror Status Represented in the Logical View Synchronized Synchronization in Progress Unsynchronized Suspended
	Remote Virtual Disk Mirror Status Represented in the Logical View Synchronized Synchronization in Progress Unsynchronized Suspended
Offline	Remote Virtual Disk Mirror Status Represented in the Logical View Synchronized Synchronization in Progress Unsynchronized Suspended
Missing	Remote Virtual Disk Mirror Status Represented in the Logical View Synchronized Synchronization in Progress Unsynchronized Suspended

Representation of the Remote Secondary Virtual Disk

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If you are monitoring the storage array that contains the primary virtual disk, then the remote secondary virtual disk is represented by the icons in the Logical View as shown in the following tables:

Icon	Remote Secondary Virtual Disk Representation
	The fabric connection between the storage arrays is operational, and the remote storage array and the remote virtual disk are accessible. Important: This icon represents the remote virtual disk regardless of its true state (Optimal, Failed, Degraded, or Offline). To view the true state of the remote virtual disk, open the Array Management Window for the storage array that contains the virtual disk.
	An unresponsive remote secondary virtual disk. There are four different causes that are displayed in the informational tooltip: The remote virtual disk is not accessible The remote storage array is not accessible The fabric connection between the storage arrays is not accessible The remote virtual disk cannot be updated with a new WWN
	The remote virtual disk is being contacted.
	The Remote Virtual Disk Mirror has been suspended. When a Remote Virtual Disk Mirror is in a , no attempt is made to contact the secondary virtual disk. Any writes to the primary virtual disk are persistently logged in the .

Storage Array that You are Monitoring Contains the Secondary Virtual Disk

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If you have opened the Array Management Window for the storage array containing the secondary virtual disk, then the mirror status is indicated by the icons in the Logical View, as shown in the following table:

Secondary Virtual Disk Status	Remote Virtual Disk Mirror Status and Representation in the Logical View
Optimal	Remote Virtual Disk Mirror Status Represented in the Logical View Synchronized Synchronization in Progress Unsynchronized Suspended
Degraded	Remote Virtual Disk Mirror Status Represented in the Logical View Synchronized Synchronization in Progress Unsynchronized Suspended
Failed	Remote Virtual Disk Mirror Status Represented in the Logical View Synchronized Synchronization in Progress Unsynchronized Suspended
Offline	Remote Virtual Disk Mirror Status Represented in the Logical View Synchronized Synchronization in Progress Unsynchronized Suspended
Missing	Remote Virtual Disk Mirror Status Represented in the Logical View Synchronized Synchronization in Progress Unsynchronized Suspended

Related Topics

Learn About Remote Virtual Disk Mirroring

Learn About Using the Logical/Physical View

Learn About Missing Virtual Disks