HP XP Continuous Access Software User Manual
Hp storageworks continuous access xp user guide
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Table of contents
Document Outline
- HP StorageWorks Continuous Access XP user guide for the XP1024/XP128
- Contents
- About this guide
- 1 Continuous Access XP for the XP1024/XP128
- Overview of Continuous Access XP operations
- Components
- Figure 1 Continuous Access XP components for Fibre Channel connections
- Figure 2 Continuous Access XP components for Serial (ESCON) connections
- XP1024/XP128
- Main and remote control units (MCUs and RCUs)
- Volume pairs (P-VOLs and S-VOLs)
- Continuous Access XP Asynchronous consistency groups
- Remote copy connections
- Initiator ports and RCU target ports
- Remote control ports (RCPs) and local control ports (LCPs)
- Command View XP management station or XP Remote Web Console
- Host failover software
- Remote copy operations
- Continuous Access XP Asynchronous recordset operations
- Continuous Access XP Asynchronous consistency group operations
- Continuous Access XP volume pair status
- Components
- Preparing for Continuous Access XP operations
- System requirements
- Requirements and restrictions
- Installing hardware
- Configuring MCUs and RCUs for Continuous Access XP operations
- Combining Continuous Access XP with other data management operations
- Combining Continuous Access XP and BC
- Table 10 Host pair status reporting for Continuous Access XP, BC, and Continuous Access XP/BC shared volumes
- Table 11 Data currency of a shared Continuous Access XP/BC volume
- Figure 15 Shared Continuous Access XP P-VOL and shared BC P-VOL
- Figure 16 Shared Continuous Access XP S-VOL and shared BC P-VOL
- Figure 17 Shared Continuous Access XP/BC P-VOL and shared Continuous Access XP S-VOL/BC P-VOL
- Figure 18 Shared BC S-VOL/Continuous Access XP P-VOL
- Combining Continuous Access XP and BC
- Starting Continuous Access XP
- Figure 19 Continuous Access XP main pane
- Continuous Access XP panes
- Continuous Access XP main pane (Pair Operation pane)
- RCU Operation pane
- Asynchronous Operation pane
- Usage Monitor pane
- History Operations pane
- Performing Continuous Access XP configuration operations
- MCU operations
- RCU operations
- Viewing RCU Status (RCU Status)
- Registering RCUs (Add RCU)
- Modifying RCU options (Change RCU Option)
- Deleting RCUs (Delete RCU)
- RCU path parameters
- Adding and deleting logical paths for RCUs (Add Path/Delete Path)
- Adding and deleting SSIDs for RCUs (Add SSID/Delete SSID)
- Port change operation
- Modifying parameters and deleting settings
- Continuous Access XP Asynchronous operations
- Usage Monitor operations
- Optimizing Continuous Access XP operations and disk array performance
- Discontinuing Continuous Access XP operations
- Performing Continuous Access XP pair operations
- Preparing for Continuous Access XP volume pair operations
- Common procedure for Continuous Access XP pair operations
- Viewing Continuous Access XP pair status for LUs and LDEVs (Pairdisplay)
- Creating Continuous Access XP volume pairs (Paircreate)
- Splitting Continuous Access XP pairs (Pairsplit-r)
- Resuming Continuous Access XP volume pairs (Pairresync)
- Deleting Continuous Access XP volume pairs (Pairsplit-S)
- Changing pair options (Change Pair Option)
- Using Continuous Access XP for data migration and duplication
- Powering off and on Continuous Access XP components
- Continuous Access XP disaster recovery operations
- Error codes and messages
- Pinned track recovery for Continuous Access XP volumes
- Overview of Continuous Access XP operations
- Index