HP XP Racks - Manual (Page 44)

Functions that support copy group definitions and operations
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Copy Group Configuration Check function
This verifies that the copy group definition and the actual copy pair configuration match.
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Copy Group Definition File Generation function using CSV files
This uses batch jobs to define and update copy group information from a CSV file.
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PPRC Copy Pair Monitoring function
This enables status monitoring by defining a PPRC copy pair as a Business Continuity Manager
copy group.
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SMS Storage Group Import function
This migrates SMS storage group information for defining copy groups in Business Continuity
Manager.
Specified time suspend functions
The ATTIME suspend function allows one or more copy pairs in a consistency group to be specified
for suspension at a specified time. The ATTIME setting can be done either from Business Continuity
Manager ISPF panels or with a REXX script.
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NORMAL ATTIME Suspend function
This suspends a Business Copy Z or TrueCopy Asynchronous for Mainframe consistency group
at a specified time.
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Cnt Ac-J Z ATTIME Suspend function
This allows a Business Copy Z copy group that is linked with Continuous Access Journal Z to
acquire backups without suspending the Continuous Access Journal Z copy group. It acquires
a synchronized backup for a Continuous Access Journal Z copy group configured in one or
across multiple storage systems.
Functions for acquiring volume information
These functions scan storage systems and acquire volume information.
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Local Scan
This acquires device configuration information about Gen'ed volumes on a storage system
directly connected to a host.
Volumes that are defined in the operating system I/O configuration definitions on the local
storage system, which is directly connected to a host, are called Gen'ed volumes.
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Remote Scan
This acquires device configuration information about the volumes on a storage system that
has no channel connection to the host.
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NG Scan
This acquires device configuration information about Non Gen'ed volumes on the storage
system directly connected to a host.
Volumes that are not defined in the operating system I/O configuration definitions on the local
storage system, which is directly connected to a host, are called Non Gen'ed volumes.
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