Chapter 9.4.8. Using TPC to monitor Global Mirror performance

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166 SAN Volume Controller: Best Practices and Performance Guidelines 5. Make a copy of the source VDisk to the alternate media by using the dd command to copy the contents of the VDisk to tape. Another option might be using your backup tool ( for example, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager) to make an image backup of the VDisk. 6. Ship your media to the remote site and apply the contents to the targets of the Metro/ Global mirror relationship; you can mount the Metro Mirror and Global Mirror target VDisks to a UNIX server and use the dd command to copy the contents of the tape to the target VDisk. If you used your backup tool to make an image of the VDisk, follow the instructions for ...

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