HP XP P9500 Storage - Manual (Page 70)

Not permitted Permitted Product name (Guide name)
Not applicable Performing operations on THP V-VOLs
and pool-VOLs. Cache Partition (HP P9000
Performance for Open and Mainframe
Systems User Guide)
Use on THP V-VOLs. Volume Shredder (HP P9000 Volume
Shredder for Open and Mainframe
Systems User Guide) • Using on THP pool-VOLs.
•
Increasing the capacity of THP
V-VOL used by Volume Shredder.
•
Discarding zero data, and running
Volume Shredder to the same THP
V-VOL (This operation will be
prohibited by the microcode).
Continuous Access Synchronous
You can use Thin Provisioning in combination with Continuous Access Synchronous to replicate
THP V-VOLs.
The following table lists the supported Continuous Access Synchronous and Thin Provisioning
volume combinations.
Explanation Continuous Access
Synchronous S-VOL Continuous Access
Synchronous P-VOL
Supported. Consumed capacity is the same for P-VOL and
S-VOL. THP V-VOLs THP V-VOLs
Supported. Normal (ordinary) volumes THP V-VOLs
Supported. THP V-VOLs Normal (ordinary) volumes
Note, howver, that this combination consumes the same
amount of pool capacity as the original normal volume
(P-VOL).
You cannot specify a Thin Provisioning pool-VOL as a Continuous Access Synchronous P-VOL and
S-VOL.
Continuous Access Journal
You can use Thin Provisioning in combination with Continuous Access Journal to replicate THP
V-VOLs.
The following table lists the supported Continuous Access Journal and Thin Provisioning volume
combinations.
Explanation Continuous Access
Journal S-VOL Continuous Access Journal
P-VOL
Supported. Consumed capacity is the same for P-VOL and S-VOL. THP V-VOLs THP V-VOLs
Supported. Normal (ordinary)
volumes THP V-VOLs
Supported. THP V-VOLs Normal (ordinary)
volumes
Note, however, that this combination consumes the same amount
of pool capacity as the original normal volume (P-VOL).
Business Copy
You can use Thin Provisioning in combination with Business Copy to replicate THP V-VOLs.
70 Configuring thin provisioning