HP XP P9500 Storage User Manual

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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