A system, apparatus and method permit automatic monitoring of mirroring
conditions of a pair of storage units, such as a pair of disk arrays for
example. Monitoring information may be initially stored; for the storage
unit pair. A request is made to associated mirroring software, to obtain
status information relating to the storage unit pair, based upon the
stored monitoring information for example. Based upon the status
information obtained, mirroring conditions of the storage unit pair can
then be automatically monitored to determine the status of the mirroring
process between the storage unit pair. In one embodiment, it can be
determined whether or not the mirroring process between storage units of
the pair has been suspended and if so, the mirroring process between
units of the storage unit pair can be automatically resynchronized, in
conjunction with the mirroring software. As such, a more automated
monitoring of the storage unit pair can take place, and automatic
resynchronization of any suspension of the mirroring process between
storage units of the storage unit pair can occur.