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The following table shows the BC Z operations that you can perform when the S-VOL is shared
with Cnt Ac-J Z P-VOL at local site.
BC Z operations
Cnt Ac-J Z local-intermed. pair status
Resync - all types
Suspend, Delete
Pair split
Pair create
NO
YES
NO
NO
DUPLEX
NO
YES
NO
NO
PENDING
YES
YES
YES
NO
Suspend/SSWS
The following table shows the BC Z operations that you can perform when the P-VOL is shared
with Cnt Ac-J Z S-VOL/P-VOL at intermediate site.
BC Z operations
Cnt Ac-J Z
intermed.-remote
pair status
Cnt Ac-J Z
local-intermed.
pair status
Resync -- Quick
Restore
Resync --
Reverse Copy,
Create, Split, Suspend, Delete,
Resync--Normal Copy, Quick Resync
NO
NO
YES
DUPLEX or
PENDING
DUPLEX,
PENDING*, and
Suspend/SSWS
NO
NO
YES
Suspend/SSWS
DUPLEX or
PENDING
NO
YES
YES
Suspend/SSWS
Suspend/SSWS
* You cannot perform BC Z operations if the status for both Cnt Ac-J Z pairs is PENDING.
The following table shows the BC Z operations that you can perform when the P-VOL is shared
with Cnt Ac-J Z S-VOL at remote site.
BC Z operations
Cnt Ac-J Z
intermed.-remote pair
status
Resync -- Reverse Copy,
Quick Restore
Create, Split, Suspend, Delete,
Resync--Normal Copy, Quick Resync
NO
YES
DUPLEX or PENDING
YES
YES
Suspend/SSWS
Sharing volumes in 3-Cnt Ac-J Z/Cnt Ac-S Z data center configurations
You can share BC Z pair volumes with Cnt Ac-J Z and Cnt Ac-S Z volumes in the following 3-Cnt
Ac-J Z/Cnt Ac-S Z DC configurations:
•
Multi-target
•
Cascade
These sections describe the configurations and supported BC Z operations.
For more information about these configurations, see the HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Journal
for Mainframe Systems User Guide.
Sharing volumes in 3-Cnt Ac-J Z/Cnt Ac-S Z DC multi-target and delta resync configurations
You can share BC Z P-VOL with Cnt Ac-S Z and Cnt Ac-J Z volumes at the intermediate and remote
sites in 3DC multi-target and delta resync configurations, as shown in the following figure.
NOTE:
Cnt Ac-S Z volume designations are main volume, P-VOL, and target volume, T-VOL.
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