To ensure that you can replicate data, issue the ping command, which uses Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP), to verify that the IP addresses configured for Assure MIMIX DR for AIX are active. You must verify that you can ping the IP addresses configured for the recovery server from the production server and vice versa. This means that the ICMP packets are not blocked or discarded at the router level.
The ping command uses the following ICMP types:
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ICMP, type 8 (echo-request)
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ICMP, type 0 (echo-reply)
These ICMP types should not be blocked on the intermediate routers.
Note: ICMP traffic should be allowed on both the host IP address (HostIPAddress) and all
replication IP addresses (IPAddress, IPAddressAlt1-IPAddressAlt8).