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HP XP P9500 Storage User Manual

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Prerequisite information

For the Reverse Copy or Quick Restore operation, the pair must be in PSUS status.

When running a Quick Restore operation, make sure of the following:

The SVP is in View mode, not Modify mode

Remote Web Console configuration and other tasks are stopped

The Quick Restore cannot be used under the following conditions:

If either pair volume is a THP V-VOL

If the secondary volume is also part of a Snapshot pair

The pairresync normally takes less time when the pair is in PSUS status than for PSUE status.
This is because the amount of differential data accumulated for a split pair is usually far less
than the total amount of data in the P-VOL, which must be copied in full when the pair was
suspended by the storage system.

If you use DKAs supporting encryption, you can create a Business Copy pair by using an
encrypted volume and a non-encrypted volume. For example, you can create the pair specifying
an encrypted volume as the P-VOL and a non-encrypted volume as the S-VOL. In this case,
data in the encrypted P-VOL will become non-encrypted data in the S-VOL.

If a pair consists of encrypted volumes and a non-encrypted volume, and the Quick Restore
is run, the P-VOL and S-VOL encryption statuses are reversed.

With a Quick Restore, Remote Web Console may display outdated information. Click Refresh
View to insure the most up-to-date information.

To keep the P-VOL and S-VOL unsynchronized when performing a Quick Restore, enable the
Swap&Freeze option prior to performing the operation. Update copy operations are then
suppressed when the Quick Restore is completed, and the pair is in PAIR status.

If a reverse or quick restore operation is performed on a pair whose P-VOL is also paired with
other S-VOLs, the P-VOL and other S-VOLs are no longer synchronized.

For Reverse Copy or Quick Restore operation, the following restrictions apply:

Pairs sharing the same P-VOL must be in PSUS or PSUE status.

If a Quick Format is being performed on either of the pair volumes, the Quick Restore
operation cannot be performed.

If the pair shares a volume with Continuous Access Synchronous or Continuous Access
Journal, the Continuous Access Synchronous or Continuous Access Journal pair must be
suspended to perform either backward resync operation.

Quick Restore cannot be performed when Business Copy and shared Continuous Access
Synchronous or Continuous Access Journal volumes include an external volumes.

You cannot create a Continuous Access Synchronous or Continuous Access Journal pair
with a volume shared by Business Copy during either backward resync operation.

When the Reverse Copy or Quick Restore operation is in progress, you cannot create,
split, or resync any pair sharing the same P-VOL. You can delete or suspend the pairs,
however.

Procedure 15 To resynchronize a pair

1.

In Remote Web Console, click Actions > Local Replications > BC/SS > Pair Operation.

2.

Change to Modify mode by clicking the

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Pair operations (secondary window)