Hitachi MK-96RD626-07 - Manual (Page 4)

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Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Universal Volume Manager User’s Guide
Connecting Mainframe Volumes....................................................................... 2-19
Connecting Open Systems Volumes ................................................................. 2-19
Choosing Mapping Policy................................................................................. 2-20
Difference between Automatic Mapping and Manual Mapping............................. 2-20
Port Discovery and Volume Discovery............................................................... 2-20
Using a Mapped External Volume from a Connected Host .................................. 2-22
Storing New Data in the Mapped External Volume............................................. 2-22
Using Existing Data in the Mapped External Volume .......................................... 2-23
Interoperability with other Products and Functions ............................................ 2-25
LUN Manager and Configuration File Loader ..................................................... 2-25
LUN Expansion ............................................................................................... 2-25
Virtual LVI/LUN .............................................................................................. 2-25
Cache Residency Manager............................................................................... 2-26
Performance Manager..................................................................................... 2-26
TrueCopy and TrueCopy for z/OS..................................................................... 2-26
Universal Replicator and Universal Replicator for z/OS ....................................... 2-26
ShadowImage and ShadowImage for z/OS ....................................................... 2-26
Copy-on-Write Snapshot ................................................................................. 2-26
Dynamic Provisioning...................................................................................... 2-27
SNMP Agent................................................................................................... 2-27
Examples of Using External Volumes with Other Products .................................. 2-28
Volume Migration Operations........................................................................... 2-28
TrueCopy Operations ...................................................................................... 2-30
Universal Replicator Operations ....................................................................... 2-32
ShadowImage Operations ............................................................................... 2-34
Copy-on-Write Snapshot Operations................................................................. 2-36
Preparing for Universal Volume Manager Operations ............................... 3-1
System Requirements ....................................................................................... 3-2
Storage Systems Supported as External Storage Systems .................................... 3-2
Universal Volume Manager Requirements ........................................................... 3-5
Guidelines for Universal Volume Manager Operations .......................................... 3-6
Mapping Guidelines .......................................................................................... 3-6
Recommended Applications according to the HDD Type....................................... 3-7
Capacity Guidelines........................................................................................... 3-8
Guidelines for Mainframe Volumes ..................................................................... 3-9
Volume Attribute Guidelines ............................................................................ 3-10
Creating LUSE Volume Guidelines .................................................................... 3-10
Maintenance Guidelines for an External Storage System .................................... 3-11
Performance and Status Guidelines .................................................................. 3-11
RAID Level Considerations .............................................................................. 3-12
Thunder 9500V Series Guidelines..................................................................... 3-12
Installing and Uninstalling Universal Volume Manager........................................ 3-13