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Table 81 Required route list (4x4x4 Cascade configuration) (continued)

Route list needed in Business Continuity Manager

Remote site
condition

Intermediate site
condition

Primary site
condition

Host on which Business
Continuity Manager is
started

Intermediate

→ Primary

Unusable

Usable

Usable

Intermediate

→ Remote

Usable

Usable

Unusable

Intermediate

Unusable

Usable

Unusable

Remote

→ Intermediate → Primary

Usable

Usable

Usable

Remote host

None

Usable

Unusable

Usable

Remote

→ Intermediate

Usable

Usable

Unusable

None

Usable

Unusable

Unusable

Legend:

Usable: The target site can be used.

Unusable: The target site cannot be used because of an error.

# This is required for the Continuous Access Synchronous Z Consistency Preservation Function.

The following table describes how to prepare the configuration files at each site.

Table 82 How to Prepare Configuration Files at Each Site (4x4x4 Cascade)

How to prepare

Contents

File type

At the remote site

At the intermediate site

At the primary site

Transfer from the
primary site.

Transfer from the
primary site.

Perform a local scan.

The primary site
configuration

Disk configuration
definition file

Transfer from the
intermediate site.

Perform a Local Scan.

Transfer from the
intermediate site.

The intermediate site
configuration

Perform a Local Scan.

Transfer from the
remote site.

Transfer from the remote
site.

The remote site
configuration

Not required

Not required

Define a path set.

A Primary

→ Intermediate

inter-control unit logical
path

Path set definition file

Not required

Define a path set.

Not required

An Intermediate

Primary inter-control unit
logical path

An Intermediate

Remote inter-disk
controller logical path

Define a path set.

Not required

Not required

A Remote

→ Intermediate

inter-disk controller logical
path

Not required

Not required

Define a route list.

A Primary

→ Intermediate

→ Remote route/command
device

Route list definition
file/command device
definition file

Not required

Define a route list.

Not required

An Intermediate

Primary route/command
device

An Intermediate

Remote route/command
device

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