HP XP7 Storage User Manual
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RAID Manager functions matrix.............................................................................................9
Provisioning function...........................................................................................................10
Asynchronous command processing.....................................................................................10
Command execution modes................................................................................................11
Precheck function...............................................................................................................11
Command execution by the out-of-band method.....................................................................12
User authentication............................................................................................................13
LDEV nickname function......................................................................................................13
LDEV grouping function......................................................................................................14
Resource group function......................................................................................................14
Resource locking function....................................................................................................14
In-system replication...........................................................................................................14
Remote replication.............................................................................................................14
Data protection..................................................................................................................15
2 RAID Manager software environment..........................................................16
Command device guarding............................................................................................17
Alternate command device function.................................................................................18
Define the remote command device.................................................................................19
Command competition...................................................................................................20
Command flow.............................................................................................................20
Issuing commands for LDEVs within a LUSE device.............................................................21
HORCM operational environment........................................................................................21
RAID Manager instance configurations.................................................................................22
Host machines that can be paired........................................................................................24
Configuration definition file.................................................................................................25
Overview.....................................................................................................................25
Configuration definition file settings.................................................................................27
Configuration file and mirror descriptors...........................................................................36
Cascading connection and configuration files...................................................................37
Business Copy..............................................................................................................37
Cascading connections for Continuous Access Synchronous and Business Copy....................38
RAID Manager files for UNIX-based systems.....................................................................41
RAID Manager files for Windows-based systems...............................................................42
RAID Manager files for OpenVMS-based systems..............................................................44
RAID Manager log files......................................................................................................45
RAID Manager trace files....................................................................................................47
RAID Manager trace control command.................................................................................47
Command logging for audit................................................................................................47
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