HP 3PAR Operating System Software User Manual
Hp 3par remote copy software user guide, Hp 3par os 3.1.3
Table of contents
Document Outline
- HP 3PAR Remote Copy Software User Guide
- Part I Setting the Foundation for Remote Copy
- 1 Planning Your Remote-Copy Setup Strategy
- 2 Selecting a Remote-Copy Configuration
- 3 Selecting Network Connections
- 4 Gathering Setup Information
- 5 Setting the Transport Layer
- Part II Setting Up the Remote-Copy Servers
- 6 Setting Up M-to-N Remote Copy
- M-to-N Remote-Copy Considerations
- M-to-N Remote-Copy Examples
- Verifying Connectivity between Remote-Copy Pairs for M-to-N Setup
- Setting Up the Primary System for M-to-N Remote Copy
- Setting Up the Backup System for M-to-N Remote Copy
- Checking the Links between Systems for M-to-N Remote Copy
- Verifying That Virtual Volumes Are Created for M-to-N Remote Copy
- Creating Volume Groups for M-to-N Remote Copy
- Selecting an Initial Replication Method for M-to-N Remote Copy
- Starting Initial Replication for M-to-N Remote Copy
- 7 Setting Up SLD Remote Copy
- SLD Remote-Copy Considerations
- Verifying Connectivity between Remote-Copy Pairs for SLD Setup
- Setting Up the Primary System for SLD Remote Copy
- Setting Up the Backup Systems for SLD Remote Copy
- SLD Remote-Copy Example
- Checking the Links between Systems for SLD Remote Copy
- Verifying That Virtual Volumes Are Created for SLD Remote Copy
- Creating Volume Groups for SLD Remote Copy
- Starting Initial Replication for SLD Remote Copy: Copying Data Directly from Primary Volume Groups
- Failover and Failback Behavior of Individual Remote-Copy Groups in SLD Configuration
- 8 Unidirectional Configuration
- Example Unidirectional Remote-Copy Setup
- Verifying Connectivity between Remote-Copy Pairs for Unidirectional Setup
- Setting Up the Primary System for Unidirectional Remote Copy
- Setting Up the Backup System for Unidirectional Remote Copy
- Checking the Links between Systems for Unidirectional Remote Copy
- Verifying That Virtual Volumes Are Created for Unidirectional Remote Copy
- Creating Volume Groups for Unidirectional Remote Copy
- Selecting an Initial Replication Method for Unidirectional Remote Copy
- Starting Initial Replication for Unidirectional Remote Copy: Copying Data Directly from Primary Volume Groups
- 9 Bidirectional Configuration
- Example Bidirectional Setup
- Setting Up the Systems for Bidirectional Remote Copy
- Creating Volume Groups for Bidirectional Remote Copy
- Selecting an Initial Synchronization Method for Bidirectional Remote Copy
- Starting Initial Synchronization for Bidirectional Remote Copy: Copying Data Directly from Primary Volume Groups
- 6 Setting Up M-to-N Remote Copy
- Part III Managing Remote Copy
- 10 Stopping, Starting, or Removing Remote Copy
- 11 Viewing Remote-Copy System Information
- 12 Remote-Copy Pairs and Targets
- 13 Remote-Copy Links
- 14 Working with Virtual Volumes
- 15 Working with Volume Groups
- Why Use Volume Groups
- How Volume Groups Work
- Creating Automatic Remote-Copy VV Sets
- Rules for Forming Volume Groups
- How Volume Groups Are Named
- Rules for Adding Snapshots to Volume Groups
- How Volume Groups Are Organized on the Remote-Copy Pair
- Natural Direction of Replication
- Linking Virtual Volumes in Volume Groups
- Changing the Remote-Copy Mode for a Volume Group
- Manually Resynchronizing Volume Groups
- Changing Secondary Volume Groups to Primary
- Setting Volume Group Policies
- Volume Group Modes
- Synchronization
- 16 Optimizing Performance
- 17 HP 3PAR Peer Persistence with Transparent Failover
- HP 3PAR Quorum Witness Requirements
- HP 3PAR Quorum Witness Components
- HP 3PAR Peer Persistence
- HP 3PAR Peer Persistence Quorum
- VMware vSphere Metro Storage Cluster Configuration
- Handling Automatic Transparent Failover
- Link and Communication Failure Scenarios
- Communication Failure—Array to Array
- Communication Failure—Site 1 to Quorum Witness
- Communication Failure—Site 1 to Quorum Witness and Site 1 to Site 2
- Communication Failure—Site 2 to Quorum Witness
- Communication Failure—Site 2 to Quorum Witness and Site 1 to Site 2
- No Communication on the Part of Quorum Witness with Site 1 and Site 2
- No Communication among Quorum Witness, Site 1, and Site 2
- Path Management Policies
- Peer Persistence Coexistence with Other Remote-Copy Groups
- 18 Using Tape for Initial Synchronization and Backup
- 19 Managing VASA-connected Remote-Copy Groups and Volumes
- Creating Remote-Copy Groups with Associated Local and Remote CPGs
- Setting Associated Local and Remote CPGs for Remote-Copy Groups
- Automatically Creating Target Volumes on the Secondary System
- Automatically Deleting Target Volumes on the Secondary System
- Coordinated Manual Grow over Remote Copy
- Configuring ESX Host Personas
- 20 Error Handling
- Part IV Recovering from Disaster
- 21 Using Peer Persistence for Non-disruptive Failover in 1-to-1 Remote Copy in Geocluster Environments
- 22 Disaster Recovery for 1-to-1 Configurations
- 23 Disaster Recovery for M-to-N Configurations
- Disaster Recovery for N-to-1 Configurations
- Disaster Recovery for 1-to-N Configurations
- 24 Disaster Recovery for SLD Configurations
- System Information during Normal Operation for SLD Configurations
- System Information during Failover for SLD Configurations
- Failing Over to the Synchronous Backup System
- Failing Over to the Asynchronous Periodic Backup System (with Data Transfer)
- Failing Over to the Asynchronous Periodic Backup System (No Data Transfer)
- Handling Backup System Failure
- Handling Primary System Failure
- Part V Reference
- 25 Quick Setup Guide
- 26 Quick Disaster Recovery Guide
- 27 Using Remote Copy Commands
- 28 HP 3PAR Quorum Witness Deployment
- 29 Remote-Copy Snapshots
- 30 Support and Other Resources
- 31 Documentation feedback
- Glossary
- Index