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22 disaster recovery for 1-to-n configurations, 23 disaster recovery for synchronous long distance, 25 remote copy links – HP 3PAR Operating System Software User Manual

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22 Disaster Recovery for 1-to-N Configurations..........................................124

System Information during Normal Operation......................................................................125

Primary System (System1).............................................................................................125
First Backup System (System2).......................................................................................126
Second Backup System (System3)..................................................................................126

System Information during Failover.....................................................................................127

Synchronous Mode......................................................................................................127
Asynchronous Periodic Mode........................................................................................127
Example Output after Primary System Failure..................................................................127

Recovering from Disaster...................................................................................................128

Failover.....................................................................................................................128
Recovery....................................................................................................................129

23 Disaster Recovery for Synchronous Long Distance..................................134

System Information during Normal Operation......................................................................135

Primary System (SystemA).............................................................................................135
Synchronous Backup System (SystemB)...........................................................................136
Asynchronous Periodic Backup System (SystemC).............................................................137

System Information during Failover.....................................................................................138

Synchronous Mode......................................................................................................138
Asynchronous Periodic Mode........................................................................................138
Example Output after Primary System Failure..................................................................138
Stages of Disaster Recovery..........................................................................................139

Failing Over to the Synchronous Backup System...................................................................140

Failover.....................................................................................................................141
Recovery....................................................................................................................143

Failing Over to the Asynchronous Periodic Backup System (with Data Transfer).........................151

Failover.....................................................................................................................152
Recovery....................................................................................................................157

Failing Over to the Asynchronous Periodic Backup System (No Data Transfer)..........................167

Failover.....................................................................................................................168
Recovery....................................................................................................................170

V Remote Copy Concepts...........................................................................180

24 Remote Copy Pairs and Targets...........................................................181

Remote Copy Pairs...........................................................................................................181
Overview of Targets.........................................................................................................181
Target Definitions.............................................................................................................181
Remote Copy Target System..............................................................................................182

System Roles and Direction of Data Flow........................................................................182

Changing the Direction of Data Flow........................................................................183

System Roles and Bidirectional Configurations.................................................................183

25 Remote Copy Links............................................................................184

Sending Links..................................................................................................................184

One Link per Node per Target......................................................................................184
Links per Remote Copy Pair..........................................................................................185
Links per Multiple Remote Copy Pairs.............................................................................185

Receiving Links................................................................................................................186

26 Virtual Volumes and CPGs.................................................................187

Common Provisioning Groups............................................................................................187

How CPGs Allocate Space for Snapshots.......................................................................187
How CPGs Allocate Space for Virtual Volumes................................................................187
Basic Information about CPGs.......................................................................................188
Creating a CPG..........................................................................................................188

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