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XP P9000 for Business Continuity Manager
Software User Guide

Abstract

This manual describes how to use the following program products: HP XP P9000 for Business Continuity Manager Software
Basic and HP XP P9000 for Business Continuity Manager Continuous Access Journal 4x4 Extended CTG Software. In this
manual, these products are collectively referred to as Business Continuity Manager

HP Part Number: T5253-96086
Published: November 2013
Edition: Seventeenth

Table of contents

Document Outline

XP P9000 for Business Continuity Manager Software User Guide
Contents
1 Overview of HP XP P9000 for Business Continuity Manager Software
- Why use Business Continuity Manager?
- Communication with HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software
- Products that can be controlled by Business Continuity Manager
- Remote volume operations
- Grouping to simplify volume operations
- Data center configurations
- Functions supporting automatic operation (BCM Monitor)
- Business Continuity Manager functions
- Functionalities dependent on the storage system
- Storage system identification
- Setting up Business Continuity Manager
2 Business Continuity Manager with replication products
- Storage system settings and copy group definitions
- Replication products and data center configurations
- Sample replication product combinations
- Understanding copy group operations
3 Understanding Business Continuity Manager functions
- The Remote DKC Control function
  - Overview of the Remote DKC Control function
  - Functions for minimizing CLI command execution time when using the Remote DKC Control function
    - Defining multiple command device lines
    - Creating an inter-control unit logical path dedicated to the command device
- Functions that support disaster recovery
  - The Reverse Resync function
  - The Continuous Access Synchronous Consistency preservation function
- The operational testing function
- Functions that support copy group definitions and operations
- The Specified Time Suspend function
- Functions that acquire volume information
- The Logical Path Control function
  - Inter-control unit logical paths
  - Inter-disk controller logical paths
- Functions that monitor events and errors
4 Preparing to use Business Continuity Manager
- Preparation overview
- Specifying the Business Continuity Manager Log output destination
- Setting up Storage Systems
- Settings in the Set Defaults panel
  - Specifying the device address domain ID
  - Setting a prefix for configuration files
- Creating configuration files
- Acquiring volume information (preparations)
- Creating a logical path
- Defining a journal group with path group IDs
- Setting up the Remote DKC Control Function environment
- Configuration definition for using the Continuous Access Synchronous Consistency Preservation function
- Environment definition for using the Reverse Resync function
  - When the Reverse Resync function is used from the primary site and one or more other sites
  - When the Reverse Resync function is used only from the primary site
- Configuring an environment so that Non Gen'ed volumes can be used
  - Preparing the hardware (NG Scan)
  - Preparing the configuration files
5 Configuration definitions
- Defining a 2DC configuration
- Defining a 3DC Cascade (Cnt Ac-S Z x Cnt Ac-J Z) configuration
- Defining a 3DC Cascade (Cnt Ac-J Z x Cnt Ac-J Z) configuration
- Defining a 3DC Multi-Target (Cnt Ac-S Z x Cnt Ac-J Z) configuration
- Defining a 3DC Multi-Target (Cnt Ac-J Z x Cnt Ac-J Z) configuration
- Defining a Delta Resync Configuration
- Defining a 2DC configuration with HyperSwap and Cnt-Ac J Z
- Defining a 4x4 configuration
- Defining a 4x4x4 Cascade Configuration
- Defining a configuration so that the Cnt Ac-J Z ATTIME Suspend function can be used
- Defining a configuration so that the Open/MF Consistency Preservation function can be used
6 Importing copy groups
- Generating a copy group definition file by using CSV files
- Importing definitions for monitoring PPRC copy pairs
- Importing SMS storage group definitions
  - Preparing to use SMS storage group definitions
  - About the SMS list output function
    - JCL example (SMS storage group definition)
7 Using Business Continuity Manager
- Before using copy pairs
- Using configuration files
- Working with scripts
- Operating a copy group
- Backup operations using the Cnt Ac-J Z ATTIME Suspend function
- Monitoring status and changing configurations in a 3DC Cascade (Cnt Ac-S Z x Cnt Ac-J Z) configuration
  - Monitoring the Copy Status
    - When the Cnt Ac-S consistency preservation function is not used
    - When the Cnt Ac-S consistency preservation function is used
  - Changing Configurations of Cnt Ac-S Z and Cnt Ac-J Z Copy Groups
- Using Compatible FlashCopy linkage configurations
- Monitoring PPRC copy pairs
- Using an Open/MF consistency group
  - Operating an Open/MF consistency group
  - Resynchronizing an Open/MF consistency group
8 Maintenance and troubleshooting operations
- Using a 2DC Configuration
- Using a 3DC Cascade (Cnt Ac-S Z x Cnt Ac-J Z) Configuration
  - Failover Procedure
  - Failback Procedure
- Using a 3DC Cascade (Cnt Ac-J Z x Cnt Ac-J Z) configuration
- Using a 3DC Multi-Target (Cnt Ac-J Z x Cnt Ac-J Z) configuration
- Using a Delta Resync Configuration
- Using a 2DC configuration with HyperSwap and Continuous Access Journal Z
- Using a 4x4x4 Cascade Configuration
- Using a 4x4x4 Delta Resync configuration
9 Using the ISPF panels
- Acquiring volume information
- Creating a path set
- Establishing a logical path
- Defining a route list
- Registering a command device in a storage system
- Remote Scan procedure
- Defining a copy group
- Defining a copy group container
- Defining an Open/MF consistency group
- Operating copy groups
10 Automatic operation using BCM Monitor
- Overview of the BCM Monitor functions
- Starting and stopping the BCM Monitor
- Operator commands available in BCM Monitor
- Troubleshooting procedures provided by BCM Monitor
- BCM Monitor operation examples
  - Backup operation example
  - Example of failure monitoring
11 Linkage with Replication Manager
- What can be achieved when Business Continuity Manager is linked to Replication Manager?
- Configuring a Business Continuity Manager agent
  - Selecting a startup mode
    - Selecting Lock Mode
    - Operations after the configuration file is locked
      - If the Business Continuity Manager agent has already been started
      - If the ISPF panel or BCM Monitor has already been started
  - Collecting audit logs
- Starting and stopping Business Continuity Manager agents
- Displaying or changing the log output level
  - Displaying the log output level
  - Changing the log output level
- Notes on updating configuration files
- Working around site errors and host failures
- Error types and error information handling
  - When Business Continuity Manager agent cannot be started
  - When information obtained from Business Continuity Manager agent is not updated
12 Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting Failures
- Error Notification
- Performance Monitor
- Trace Output Method
- Collecting Logs
- HyperSwap Completion Detection
- Recovering from a Failure
13 Support and other resources
- Contacting HP
  - Subscription service
  - Documentation feedback
- Related information
  - HP websites
- Conventions for storage capacity values
- Typographic conventions
14 Documentation feedback
A About configurations for which the same command device is shared from multiple hosts
- Configurations for which the same command device is shared from multiple hosts
- Configuration for which the same command device cannot be shared from multiple hosts
B Initializing volumes for command devices for the XP1024/XP128 Disk Array
- Command device settings
- Example of a JCL for volume initialization of command devices
C Conventions in syntax explanations
Glossary
Index