HP XP P9000 Auto LUN Software - Manual (Page 11)

CAUTION: When you use mainframe system, you can access only one resource group from a
host. It is recommended that you should specify volumes that are assigned to the resource group
that can be accessed from the host as source volumes and target volumes.
For details about Resource Partition, see HP XP P9000 Provisioning for Open Systems User Guide
or HP XP P9000 Provisioning for Mainframe Systems User Guide.
Supported and prohibited source and target volumes
The following list includes volumes and volume types that cannot be used as source or target
volumes for Auto LUN:
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System disks
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Volumes being used by the host as command devices
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IBM 3390 Concurrent Copy volumes
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Volumes reserved by a migration program other than Auto LUN
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Volumes undergoing a Quick Format operation
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Volumes in an abnormal or inaccessible condition (such as, pinned, tracked, or fenced)
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Volumes and virtual volumes constituting Fast Snap pairs
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Pool volumes used by Fast Snap
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Quorum disks used by External Storage Access Manager
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External Storage Access Manager P-VOLs or S-VOLs
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Volumes having the online data migration attribute
The following table lists the volumes and volume types that can and cannot be considered as
candidates for source and/or target volumes for an Auto LUN operation. The table is categorized
by program product.
Table 2 Candidates for source and target volumes by program product
Target Volume Candidate? Source Volume Candidate? Volume Type/Status Program Product
Yes, but the target volume
may not be associated with Yes
NOTE: Note that the
maximum capacity is 4 TB
(4,398,046,511,104 byte).*
THP V-VOL Thin Provisioning
the same Thin Provisioning
pool as the source volume
Note that the maximum
capacity is 4 TB
(4,398,046,511,104
byte).*
No No Pool volume
Yes, but the target volume
may not be associated with Yes, but you cannot specify
the volume whose emulation THP V-VOL Thin Provisioning Z
the same Thin Provisioning
Z pool as the source volume. type is 3390-V or 6588-A as
the source volume.
You cannot specify the
volume whose emulation
type is 3390-V or 6588-A
as the target volume.
No No Pool volume
No Yes A volume in PSUS, PSUE, or
PAIR status Continuous Access
Synchronous
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