HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console Software - Manual (Page 20)

Figure 8 XP Business Copy Pair Status Transitions
1. If a volume is not assigned to an XP Business Copy pair, the volume's status is SMPL.
2. Select the SMPL volumes for P-VOL and S-VOL to create an XP Business Copy pair. When you
create an XP Business Copy pair, the initial copy operation starts. During the initial copy
operation, the status of the P-VOL and S-VOL changes to COPY(PD).
3. When the initial copy operation is complete, the pair status becomes PAIR. When the initial
copy is completed, the differential data between the P-VOL and the S-VOL will be copied by
the update copy.
4. There are two kinds of pair status (PSUS and PSUE) when the pair is not synchronized.
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When you split a pair (pairsplit), the pair status changes to PSUS.
During the pairsplit process, the pair status becomes COPY(SP). If you specify Quick Split
pairsplit, the pair status becomes PSUS(SP) during the process. When the pairsplit
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