Start mirrored protection

Start of changeThe Add Disk Unit and New Disk Pool wizards guide you through the process of adding pairs of similar capacity disk units to a protected disk pool. When you have your disks configured correctly, you are ready to start mirroring for mirrored protection. Mirrored protection is local to a single server and is distinct from cross-site mirroring or geographic mirroring. If you want to start mirroring on an Independent disk pools that is unavailable, you can do so when your system is fully restarted. For all other disk pools, you need to restart your system to the dedicated service tools (DST) mode before starting mirrored protection. End of change

To start mirroring, follow these steps:
  1. In iSeries™ Navigator, expand Disk Units.
  2. Expand Disk Pools.
  3. Right-click the disk pools you want to mirror, and select Start Mirroring.