HP XP Command View Advanced Edition Software - Manual (Page 250)

The following figure shows a Virtual Command Device server configuration. The server connected to
the actual command device is set as the virtual command device on each pair management server
or application host. The Virtual Command Device server can be the same machine as the P9000 RAID
Manager server.
Figure 10 Configuration with Virtual Command Device server
Prerequisites for virtual command device configurations
The following requirements apply to virtual command device configurations.
NOTE:
To monitor pool usage or journal usage for XP12000/XP10000/SVS200, XP24000/XP20000, and
HP StorageWorks P9500 storage systems, the pair management server and Virtual Command Device
server must be discovered by Replication Manager (or, in the case of HP StorageWorks P9500, the
system must be configured for managing copy groups defined by device group).
Table 16 System prerequisites
Prerequisite Target
The Device Manager server has discovered storage systems with primary and
secondary volumes, and the server has been registered to Replication Manager
as an information source.
Management server
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