Displaying data group status - assure_mimix - 10.0

From the Work with Data Groups display you can start and end replication, track replication status, perform a data group switch, as well as work with files, objects, and tracking entries in error and access displays for data group entries and tracking entries.

To access the Work with Data Groups display, do one of the following:

• From the MIMIX Basic Main menu, select option 6 (Work with data groups) and press Enter.

• From the MIMIX Intermediate Main menu, select option 1 (Work with data groups) and press Enter.

Figure 13.Sample Work with Data Groups display. The display uses letters and colored highlighting to call your attention to warning and problem conditions. This example shows items in color which would appear with color highlighting on the display. If you are viewing this page in printed form, the color may not be shown.

For each data group listed, you can see the current source system and target system processes, and the number of errors reported.

The following fields and columns are available.

Audit/Recov./Notif. -These three fields, located in the upper right corner of the Work with Data Groups display respectively identify:

• The number of audits that require action or attention.

• The number of new or in-progress recoveries as well as the number of failed recoveries that are not associated with data group entries for objects replicated through the user journal. (Failed recoveries for entries associated with user journal replication are not included here because they are reported as replication errors. Also, failed recoveries that have been acknowledged are not included.)

• The number of new notifications that require action or attention.

If more than 999 items exist in any field, the field will display +++. When highlighted in reverse red, a problem exists that requires action. When highlighted in reverse yellow, your attention may be needed to prevent a problem from occurring.

For audits, the Audit severity policy in effect when audits run determines whether certain audit statuses are reported as errors (red) or warnings (yellow).

For recoveries, it is important that there are no new or in-progress recoveries when certain activity, such as ending MIMIX, is performed. You can view a list of the objects that have new or in-progress recoveries from the Object Correction Activity window for a data group within the Assure Unified Interface.

Data group - When a data group name is highlighted, a problem exists.

Source - The following columns provide summaries of processes that run on the source system.

• Mgr - Represents a summation of the system manager and the journal manager processes on the source system of the data group. These processes must be active (A) for replication to occur.

• DB - Represents the status of the remote journal link. It is possible to have an active status in this column even though the data group has not been started. When the RJ link is active, database changes will continue to be sent to the target system. MIMIX can read and apply these changes once the data group is started. For data groups configured for source-send replication, this represents the status of the database send process.

• Obj - Represents a summation of the object processes that run on the source system. These include the object send, object retrieve and container send processes.

Target - The following columns provide summaries of processes that run on the target system.

• Mgr - Represents a summation of the system manager, journal manager, and target journal inspection processes on the target system of the data group. Target journal inspection status includes status of inspection jobs for both target journals (user and system) for the data group. Manager processes must be active (A) for replication to occur.

• Obj - Represents the summation of the object-apply and send-status processes.

Errors - When any errors are indicated in the following columns (DB and Object), they are highlighted in red.

• DB - Represents the sum of the number for database files, IFS objects, *DTAARA and *DTAQ objects that are on hold due to errors or have failed recoveries, plus the number of logical (LF) and physical (PF) files that have access path maintenance failures for the data group. To work with a subsetted list of file errors and access path errors, use option 12 (Files needing attention). For a subsetted list of IFS object errors, use option 51 (IFS tracking entries not active), For a subsetted list of *DTAARA and *DTAQ errors, use option 53 (Object tracking entries not active).

• Obj - Represents a count of the number of objects for which at least one activity entry is in a failed state. To work with a subsetted list, use option 13 (objects in error).

Use the following topics to resolve problems reported on this display: 

• Resolving auditing problems.

• Displaying recoveries.

• Displaying notifications.

• Identifying and resolving problems reflected in the Data Group column

• For Source and Target columns, see topics:

  • Displaying status of system-level processes 

  • Identifying and resolving replication problems reflected in the Source and Target columns

• For Error columns, see topics:

  • Working with files needing attention,

  • Working with tracking entries,

  • Working with objects in error.