HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console Software User Manual
HP Storage
Table of contents
Document Outline
- HP StorageWorks Continuous Access XP Journal user guide
- Contents
- About this guide
- 1 Overview of HP copy solutions
- 2 Overview of Continuous Access XP Journal
- Overview of functionality
- Components
- Figure 2 Continuous Access XP Journal components
- Figure 3 Connection configuration for multiple secondary arrays
- Local arrays
- Main and remote control units (primary and secondary arrays)
- Journal groups
- Data volume pairs
- Journal volumes
- Consistency groups
- Remote copy connections
- Initiator and RCU target ports
- Continuous Access XP Journal Graphical User Interface
- Host failover software
- Remote copy operations
- Journal processing
- Journal group operations
- Continuous Access XP Journal data volume pair status
- 3 Continuous Access XP Journal operations requirements and restrictions
- System requirements
- Requirements and Restrictions for Continuous Access XP Journal
- Installing hardware
- Enabling Continuous Access XP Journal options
- Planning for journal volumes
- Configuring primary and secondary arrays for Continuous Access XP Journal operations
- Combining Continuous Access XP Journal with other data management functions
- Table 18 Whether non-Continuous Access XP Journal volumes can be used as Continuous Access XP Journal volumes
- Combining Continuous Access XP Journal with Virtual LUN
- Combining Continuous Access XP Journal with Cache LUN XP
- Combining Continuous Access XP Journal with LUN Manager
- Combining Continuous Access XP Journal and Performance Control XP
- Combining Continuous Access XP Journal and Business Copy XP
- Table 19 Host pair status reporting for Continuous Access XP Journal/Business Copy XP shared volumes
- Table 20 Data currency of a shared Continuous Access XP Journal/Business Copy XP volume
- Figure 14 Shared Continuous Access XP Journal secondary data volume and Business Copy XP P-VOL
- Figure 15 Shared Continuous Access XP Journal secondary data volume and Business Copy XP P-VOL
- Figure 16 Shared Continuous Access XP Journal primary data volume and Business Copy XP P-VOL, and Continuous Access XP Journal secondary data volume and Business Copy XP P-VOL
- Figure 17 Business Copy XP S-VOL in PSUS status functioning as Continuous Access XP Journal primary data volume
- Figure 18 Restoring Business Copy XP P-VOLs, step 1
- Figure 19 Restoring Business Copy XP P-VOLs, step 2
- Figure 20 Restoring Business Copy XP P-VOLs, step 3
- Figure 21 Restoring Business Copy XP P-VOLs, step 4
- Figure 22 Restoring Business Copy XP P-VOLs, step 5
- Figure 23 Restoring Business Copy XP P-VOLs, step 6
- Figure 24 Restoring Business Copy XP P-VOLs, step 7
- Figure 25 Restoring Business Copy XP P-VOLs, step 8
- Figure 26 Restoring Business Copy XP P-VOLs, step 9
- Combining Continuous Access XP Journal with Continuous Access XP (3DC cascading configuration)
- Combining Continuous Access XP Journal with Continuous Access XP Synchronous (3DC multi-target configuration)
- Figure 29 3DC multi-target configuration (combining Continuous Access XP Journal with Continuous Access XP Synchronous)
- Hardware configurations
- Setup procedure
- Recovering from primary site failures
- Changing to 3DC multi-target configurations after recovering from primary site failures
- Transferring business tasks from Continuous Access XP secondary sites to primary sites (in 3DC cascading configurations)
- Transferring business tasks from Continuous Access XP secondary sites to primary sites (in 3DC multi-target configurations)
- Recovering from primary site and Continuous Access XP Synchronous secondary site failures
- Transferring business tasks from Continuous Access XP Journal secondary sites to primary sites
- Combining Continuous Access XP Journal and LUN Security XP Extension
- 4 Configuring arrays and logical paths
- Displaying the DKC Operation pane
- Configuring port attributes
- Associating primary and remote arrays and configuring logical paths (Add DKC)
- Changing options for logical paths and arrays
- Adding logical paths
- Deleting logical paths
- Viewing the status of logical paths
- Removing the relationship between primary and secondary arrays
- 5 Using journal groups
- Displaying the Journal Operation pane
- Registering journal volumes in journal groups
- Deleting journal volumes from journal groups
- Displaying detailed information about journal groups
- Changing options for journal groups
- Deleting journal groups
- Splitting mirrors (Pairsplit-r: suspending copy operations)
- Restoring mirrors (Pairresync: resuming copy operations)
- Deleting data volumes from mirrors (Pairsplit-S: ending copy operations)
- 6 Performing Continuous Access XP Journal pair operations
- Displaying the Pair Operation pane
- Creating a pair of data volumes (Paircreate)
- Displaying detailed information about a pair of data volumes
- Changing options for data volume pairs
- Splitting a pair of data volumes
- Restoring a pair of data volumes
- Deleting a pair of data volumes
- Creating a Point-in-Time copy of data volumes
- 7 Monitoring remote copy operations
- 8 Viewing history of data volume pair operations
- 9 Performing optional operations
- 10 Disaster recovery operations
- 11 Continuous Access XP Journal operations with NAS Blade
- Overview of Continuous Access XP Journal operations in NAS Blade systems
- Scope of Continuous Access XP Journal functions with NAS Blade
- Scope related to Continuous Access XP Journal
- Scope related to RAID Manager XP
- Figure 68 Executing the pairdisplay command in RAID Manager XP using the sudo command
- Figure 69 Executing the pairdisplay command using a shell script created in the SSH Client (for SSH protocol version 2)
- Figure 70 Executing the inqraid command using the sudo command
- Figure 71 Executing the inqraid command using a shell script created in the SSH client (for SSH protocol version 2)
- Scope related to NAS Backup Restore features
- Scope related to other Hitachi Network Attached Storage products
- Prerequisites
- Notes on operations
- Preparing for Continuous Access XP Journal operations
- Preparing for Continuous Access XP Journal volume pair operations
- Registration of public key used for SSH
- Configuring the RAID Manager XP environment
- Log in to the target NAS package using SSH
- Configure RAID Manager XP configuration definition files
- Figure 72 Example of configuring a pair LU
- Adding the HORCM_DEV and HORCM_INST sections using the mkconf.sh command in RAID Manager XP
- Creating a template for a RAID Manager XP configuration definition file
- Editing the template for the RAID Manager XP configuration definition file
- Table 29 Configuration definition file settings (HORCM_MON, HORCM_CMD) and specified values in NAS Blade system
- Figure 75 Example 1: RAID Manager XP configuration definition file (for instance number 16)
- Figure 76 Command execution that lists LUs constituting the file system sample
- Figure 77 Example 2: RAID Manager XP configuration definition file (for instance number 16)
- Table 30 Configuration definition file settings (HORCM_INST) and specified values in NAS Blade system
- Figure 78 Example 3: RAID Manager XP configuration definition file (for instance number 16)
- Checking the contents of the RAID Manager XP configuration definition file
- Figure 79 Procedure for starting RAID Manager XP
- Figure 80 Checking LDEV numbers of LUs specified in the HORCM_DEV section
- Figure 81 Checking device file and LDEV numbers of P-VOLs
- Figure 82 Checking device file and LDEV numbers for unused device files that can be S-VOLs
- Table 31 Locations of NAS package and port names specified in RAID Manager XP configuration definition files
- Figure 83 Stopping RAID Manager XP (for instance number 16)
- Cascade configuration of Continuous Access XP Journal and Business Copy XP
- Figure 84 Example of a cascade configuration of Continuous Access XP Journal and Business Copy XP
- Figure 85 Example of RAID Manager XP configuration definition file at primary site (instance 16)
- Figure 86 Example of RAID Manager XP configuration definition file at secondary site (instance 16)
- Figure 87 Example of RAID Manager XP configuration definition file at secondary site (instance 17)
- Setting the RAID XP Manager user environmental variable
- Settings for disaster recovery
- Create file systems in Continuous Access XP Journal P-VOLs
- Overview of Continuous Access XP Journal operations
- Remote copy operations
- Disaster recovery operations
- Operations of RAID Manager XP log files
- Commands
- Messages
- Notes on failures of external volumes
- 12 Troubleshooting
- A Power management for arrays and network relay devices
- B Pinned track recovery for Continuous Access XP Journal volumes
- C SIM reporting
- Index