HP XP7 Storage User Manual
HP Storage
HP XP7 for Compatible FlashCopy Mirroring
User Guide
Abstract
The HP XP7 for Compatible FlashCopy Mirroring User Guide describes and provides instructions for performing Compatible
FlashCopy operations on HP XP7 Storage.
Please read this document carefully to understand how to use this product, and maintain a copy for reference purposes.
HP Part Number: TK940-96001
Published: May 2014
Edition: First
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Table of contents
Document Outline
- XP7 for Compatible FlashCopy Mirroring User Guide
- Contents
- 1 About Compatible FlashCopy
- About Compatible FlashCopy
- Compatibility between Compatible FlashCopy and mainframe user interface functions
- Establishing a Compatible FlashCopy relationship
- Using Consistency Groups for Dataset Copies that Span Volumes
- Incremental FlashCopy function (Compatible FlashCopy only)
- Reverse Restore function (Compatible FlashCopy only)
- Fast Reverse Restore function
- FlashCopy-to-PPRC Cnt Ac-S Z primary volume function (Compatible FlashCopy only)
- Remote Compatible FlashCopy function
- Compatible FlashCopy-to-Continuous Access Journal Z primary volume function (Compatible FlashCopy only)
- Preserve mirror Compatible FlashCopy function (Compatible FlashCopy only)
- Releasing Compatible FlashCopy relationships
- Interoperability with other products and functions
- Using Compatible FlashCopy with Business Copy Z
- Using Compatible FlashCopy with Continuous Access Synchronous Z
- Using Compatible FlashCopy with Continuous Access Journal Z
- Using Compatible FlashCopy with Concurrent Copy and Extended Remote Copy
- Using Compatible FlashCopy with Thin Provisioning Z
- Using Compatible FlashCopy with Resource Partition
- Using Compatible FlashCopy with Virtual LVI
- Optimizing Volumes
- 2 Preparing for Compatible FlashCopy operations
- 3 Performing Compatible FlashCopy operations
- Operating commands for Compatible FlashCopy
- Supported operating systems for Compatible FlashCopy
- Setting options
- Establishing relationships for Compatible FlashCopy
- Establishing relationships by extents for Compatible FlashCopy
- Using z/VM CP to establish relationships for Compatible FlashCopy
- Using z/VM FlashCopy to establish relationships
- Using z/VM FLASHCOPY ESTABLISH to establish relationships
- Using z/VM FLASHCOPY BACKGNDCOPY to start up background copying
- Using z/VM FLASHCOPY RESYNC to re-establish relationships
- Using z/VM FLASHCOPY TGTWRITE command to remove write-protection from an S-VOL
- Suspending Write Operations to S-VOLs while establishing relationships for Compatible FlashCopy
- Viewing relationship states of Compatible FlashCopy
- Viewing resource information
- Releasing Compatible FlashCopy relationships
- Using PPRC TSO to release Compatible FlashCopy relationships
- Case 1: TDEVN Specified, DDSW = NO
- Case 2: TDEVN Specified, DDSW = NO, XTNTLST Parameter Specified
- Case 3: SDEVN and TDEVN Specified, DDSW = NO
- Case 4 (a, b): SDEVN and TDEVN Specified, DDSW = NO, XTNTLST Parameter Specified
- Case 5: SDEVN and TDEVN Specified, DDSW = YES
- Case 6: SDEVN and TDEVN Specified, DDSW = YES, XTNTLST Parameter Specified
- Case 7: DEVN Specified, ACTION = THAW
- USING ICKDSF to release Compatible FlashCopy relationships
- Using ANTRQST macro to release Compatible FlashCopy relationships
- Using z/VM CP to release Compatible FlashCopy relationships
- Using PPRC TSO to release Compatible FlashCopy relationships
- 4 Performing Compatible FlashCopy SE operations
- Overview of FlashCopy SE
- Best practice for using Compatible FlashCopy SE
- Requirements for using Compatible FlashCopy SE
- Creating TSE-VOLs for Compatible FlashCopy SE
- About Operating Pools and TSE-VOLS
- Notes when sharing pool with THP V-VOL
- Establishing relationships for FlashCopy SE
- Viewing relationship states of Compatible FlashCopy SE
- Releasing relationships for Compatible FlashCopy SE
- Viewing TSE-VOL or pool information using LISTDATA
- 5 Feature comparison with IBM product
- Feature comparison with IBM product
- Comparison of the maximum number of relationships between IBM FlashCopy and HP Compatible FlashCopy
- Comparison of copying processes
- Comparison of processing in releasing relationships
- Comparing IBM FlashCopy SE and Compatible FlashCopy SE
- Comparison of supporting commands
- 6 Troubleshooting
- 7 Support and other resources
- A Compatible FlashCopy GUI reference
- Glossary
- Index