HP XP7 Storage - Manual (Page 117)

A Sharing Cnt Ac-J volumes
This appendix discusses XP7 Storage software volumes that can be shared with Continuous Access
Journal volumes.
Note that Continuous Access Synchronous and Business Copy volumes can be used extensively
with Continuous Access Journal. Information for these configurations is provided in:
-
“Configurations with Continuous Access Synchronous” (page 124)
- “Configurations with Business Copy” (page 137) .
The following topics are covered in this appendix.
Volume types that can be shared with Continuous Access Journal
The following table shows whether volumes used by other program products can also be used as
Cnt Ac-J P-VOLs, S-VOLs, and journal volumes.
Table 6 Volume types that can be shared with Cnt Ac-J
Used as Cnt Ac-J
journal volume? Used as Cnt Ac-J
S-VOL? Used as Cnt Ac-J
P-VOL? Volumes types and functions
Cache Residencyl
No Yes Yes Volume set for CR
Data Exchange
No No No Volume usable by both mainframe and open
systems
Data Retention
Yes Yes Yes Volume with Read/Write attribute
No Yes Yes Volume with Protect attribute
No Yes Yes Volume with Read Only attribute
No Only when restoring
a Cnt Ac-J pair. Yes Volume that is disabled for use as an S-VOL
Thin Provisioning
Yes Yes Yes Virtual volume
Smart Tiers
No Yes Yes Virtual volume
global virtualization
No Yes Yes Volumes in a virtual storage machine
LUN Manager
No Yes Yes Volume to which a path is defined
Yes No No Volume to which no path is defined
No Yes Yes Volume to which LUN security is applied
Resource Partition
Yes Yes Yes Resource Partition volume
Business Copy
No Yes Yes P-VOL in PSUS status
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