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8 cci software structure, 1 horcm operational environment – Hitachi TAGMASTORE MK-90RD011-25 User Manual

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2.8 CCI Software Structure

Figure 2.20 illustrates the CCI software structure: the CCI components on the RAID storage
system, and the CCI instance on the UNIX/PC server. The CCI components on the storage
system include the command device(s) and the Hitachi TrueCopy and/or ShadowImage
volumes. Each CCI instance on a UNIX/PC server includes:

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HORC Manager (HORCM):

Log and trace files

A command server

Error monitoring and event reporting files

A configuration management feature

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Configuration definition file (defined by the user)

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The Hitachi TrueCopy and/or ShadowImage user execution environments, which contain
the TrueCopy/ShadowImage commands, a command log, and a monitoring function.

2.8.1 HORCM Operational Environment

The HORCM operates as a daemon process on the host server and is activated automatically
when the server machine starts up or manually by the start-up script. HORCM refers to the
definitions in the configuration file when it is activated. The environmental variable
HORCM_CONF is used to define the configuration file to be referenced.

Command Device

RD/WR command

Command

HORCM

HORCM_CONF

Server machine

Remote communication

Communicates with the HORCM (CCI) in the remote server.

Command

Command

Figure 2.20 HORCM Operational Environment