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Continuous Access XP Journal user guide

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Using journal groups

To introduce Continuous Access XP Journal in your system and configure your system for remote copy

operations, the primary and secondary site administrators must configure journal groups, ports, and

logical paths. Also, these administrators must register journal volumes in journal groups. During

Continuous Access XP Journal remote copy operations, data in primary volumes is copied via journal

volumes to secondary volumes.
When configuring journal groups, administrators must do the following:

Displaying the Journal Operation pane

” on page 95

Registering journal volumes in journal groups

” on page 99

When configuring journal groups, the administrator should do the following when necessary:

Deleting journal volumes from journal groups

” on page 102

Displaying detailed information about journal groups

” on page 103

Changing options for journal groups

” on page 107

Deleting journal groups

” on page 110

When using Continuous Access XP Journal for remote copy operations, the administrator should do the

following when necessary:

Splitting mirrors (Pairsplit-r: suspending copy operations)

” on page 111

Restoring mirrors (Pairresync: resuming copy operations)

” on page 112

Deleting data volumes from mirrors (Pairsplit-S: ending copy operations)

” on page 113

NOTE:

Throughout this chapter, the primary and secondary arrays are sometimes referred to as local

arrays and remote arrays. If you are logged into the primary array and are using Continuous Access XP

Journal, the primary array is the local array and the secondary array is the remote array. If you are

logged into the secondary array and are using Continuous Access XP Journal, the secondary array is the

local array and the primary array is the remote array.

Displaying the Journal Operation pane

To configure journal groups, use the Journal Operation pane of Continuous Access XP Journal.

If Continuous Access XP Journal has not been started

1.

Use your Web browser to display the storage device list. In the storage device list, select the array to

log into. Enter a user name and the password, and click OK. The Command View XP or XP Remote

Web Console main pane appears. For more information, see the HP StorageWorks Command View

XP user guide for XP Disk Arrays or the HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console user guide for

XP12000/XP10000/SVS200.

2.

On the Command View XP or XP Remote Web Console main pane, click the Continuous Access XP

Journal button (

). Continuous Access XP Journal starts.

3.

Select the Journal Operation tab. The Journal Operation pane appears.

If Continuous Access XP Journal has already been started

1.

Select the Journal Operation tab. The Journal Operation pane appears.