HP XP Racks - Manual (Page 26)

A host cannot access BC S-VOLs except when you split the pair.
Sharing volumes with Resource Partition
You can share BC P-VOLs and S-VOLs with Resource Partition by specifying them in a Resource
Partition resource group.
For more information about Resource Partition, see the HP XP7 Provisioning for Open Systems User
Guide
Prerequisite: The resource group must be assigned to a user group for which you have privileges.
Sharing volumes with Fast Snap
You can share BC/SS volumes with FS volumes. You can assign shared pairs to CGs, though not
to the same CG.
The following table shows how you can share FS volumes.
BC volume FS volumes
S-VOL P-VOL
YES
2
YES P-VOL (all statuses except “RCPY”)
1
NO NO V-VOL
NO NO Data pool
1. BC cannot use an FS P-VOL in “RCPY” status.
For more information about sharing volumes, see the following tables.
2. You must create the BC pair before you create the FS pair.
BC/SS pair tasks that you can perform are limited according to the FS pair status. The following
sections show the BC/SS supported tasks.
Pair tasks with Fast Snap primary volume shared with Business Copy/Snapshot
primary volume
The following table shows the pair tasks that you can perform when you share the BC P-VOL with
the FS P-VOL.
FS pair status BC task (RAID Manager command)
PSUE RCPY COPY
2
PSUS, PFUS PAIR, PFUL COPY
1
YES NO YES YES YES YES Create a pair (Paircreate)
YES NO YES YES YES YES Create and split a pair (Paircreate -split)
YES NO YES YES YES YES Split a pair (pairsplit)
YES NO YES YES YES YES Resynchronize a pair (pairresync)
YES NO YES YES YES
3
YES Reverse Copy a pair (pairresync -restore)
NO NO NO NO NO NO Quick Restore a pair (pairresync -restore)
YES YES YES YES YES YES Suspend a pair task (pairsplit -E)
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