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Workflow for consistency group pair-split – HP XP Racks User Manual

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For more information about the methods you can use to split pairs, see

“Pair splitting

methods” (page 46)

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For Copy Pace, select the rate at which you want the XP7 storage system to copy data.

Values:

- Slower: Improved host server I/O performance but slower processing speed.

- Medium: Average processing speed and host server I/O performance.

- Faster: Faster processing speed but slower host server I/O performance.

Default: Medium

NOTE:

Processing speed and host server I/O performance are affected by the pace

you select.

For more information about performance, see

“Performance planning and calibrating

your XP7 storage system” (page 16)

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In the Confirm window of the Split Pairs wizard, complete the following and then click Apply:

For Task Name, type a name for the task.

Default: date-window name

Character and symbol limit: 32 alphanumeric except / : , ; * ? “ < > |

Case sensitive: Yes

For Go to tasks window for status, select to open the Tasks window.

The BC pair is split and the pair status changes from “PSUS(SP)/PSUS” or “COPY(SP)/COPY”
to “PSUS”. The snapshot data is consistent with the P-VOL data and is ready to use in BC pair
user tasks.

Related topics

“Pair splitting methods” (page 46)

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“Workflow for consistency group pair-split” (page 49)

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“The RWC pair status names and descriptions” (page 63)

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“Quick Split and Steady Split performance planning” (page 16)

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Workflow for consistency group pair-split

Prerequisite information

Use the following workflow to perform a CG pair-split:

Splitting BC pairs

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