Advanced Configurations - assure_mimix - 6.0

Assure MIMIX for AIX Guide
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Assure MIMIX™ Software for AIX
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6.0
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Assure MIMIX for AIX
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Assure MIMIX for AIX Guide
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2025
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2003
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2025-03-12
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The Advanced Configuration menu allows the user to do the following:

  • Change the number of Replication Threads
  • Change the network timeout
  • LCA/ABA hard Reset
  • Extend logical volumes (LV)
  • Import LV Information from a Replication Group Node
  • Synchronize Logical Volumes
  • Remove replication groups from a local database
  • Toggle Compression
  • Export Configuration to Another Node

To do any of these options, move the cursor to Advanced Configurations from the MIMIX Main Menu and press enter. The Advanced Configurations menu appears.

Change Number of Replication Threads

To change the number of replication threads,
  1. Move the cursor to Change Number of Replication Threads and press enter.
  2. Select a replication group to change the number of threads from the resulting Select Replication Group panel, and press enter.

  3. Specify the new number of threads from Change Number of Replication Threads menu, and press enter. The request to change the number of replication group threads is submitted.

Change Network Timeout

To change the network timeout,
  1. Move the cursor to Change Network Timeout and press enter.

  2. Select a replication group to change the network timeout value in the subsequent Select Replication Group panel, and press enter.

  3. Specify the new number of threads from Change Number of Replication Threads menu, and press enter. The request to change the number of replication group threads is submitted.

LCA/ABA Hard Reset

To perform a hard reset of the LCA/ABA agents,
  1. Move the cursor to LCA/ABA Hard Reset and press enter.

  2. Select a replication group to reset from the resulting Select Replication Group panel, and press enter.

  3. On the resulting LCA/ABA Hard Reset menu, press enter. The request for an LCA/ABA hard reset is submitted.

Extend Logical Volumes

To extend a logical volume,
  1. Move the cursor to Extend Logical Volume and press enter.

  2. Select a replication group to extend from the resulting Select Replication Group panel and press enter. Then, select the logical volume to extend from the Select Logical Volume menu.

  3. Enter the new volume size in the resulting Extend Logical Volume menu, and press enter. The request to extend the logical volume is submitted.

Synchronize Logical Volumes

To synchronize logical volumes,
  1. Move the cursor to Synchronize Logical Volumes and press enter.

  2. Select a replication group to synchronize the volumes on the resulting Select Replication Group panel and press enter.

  3. Select the Logical Volume and Sync Type option of either Full or Checksum on the resulting Synchronize Logical Volumes panel.
    • Full - Synchronize all regions.
    • Checksum - Synchronize only the regions that have different checksums.
  4. Press enter and the request to synchronize the volume is submitted.

Import LV Information from a Replication group Node

To import logical volume information from a replication group node,
  1. Move the cursor to Import LV Information from a Replication Group Node and press enter.

  2. Select a replication group from the location to import the logical volume information on the resulting Select Replication Group, and press enter. The request to import the logical volume information is submitted.

Remove Replication Group From a Local Database

To remove a replication group from a local database,
  1. Move the cursor to Remove RG From a Local Database and press enter.

  2. Select a replication group from the resulting Select Replication Group panel, and press enter. The request to remove the selected replication group is submitted.

Toggle Compression

To enable or disable the compression for a replication group,
  1. Move the cursor to Turn Compression ON/OFF option and press Enter.
  2. Select a replication group to enable or disable the compression in the subsequent Select Replication Group panel, then press Enter.
  3. Select the new value (ON/OFF) from the Turn Compression ON/OFF option, then press Enter. The request to enable or disable the compression is submitted.

Export Configuration to Another Node

To export the configuration to another node,
  1. Move the cursor to Export Configuration To Another Node and press enter.

  2. Select a node to export the configuration to from the resulting Select a Node panel, and press enter. The request to export the configuration to the node is submitted.

When a configuration is created, it is only stored on the node where it was created. As a result, all operations are only available on that node. Additionally, it is useful to have the configuration on more than one node for the operations to run from other nodes as well.

For example, there are 2 nodes aix-01 and aix-02. Replication groups were created on aix-02. All smit operations (start, stop, failover etc.) can only be performed from aix-02. If a user wants to run “smit mimix” commands on another node (aix-01), use this command to export it from aix-02 to aix-01. After the configuration is exported all smit operations are available on the node where it was exported to.