Using an existing cg – HP XP7 Storage User Manual
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Procedure 2 To assign new pairs to a new consistency group
1.
Create RAID Manager configuration definition file C for a multiple primary and secondary
system configuration.
2.
Perform the paircreate operation according to configuration definition file C created in Step
1.
Procedure 3 To assign existing pairs to a new consistency group
1.
Create RAID Manager configuration definition file A with which to use RAID Manager for pair
operations.
2.
Perform the pairsplit operation according to configuration definition file A created in Step 1.
3.
Perform the pairresync operation without designating a consistency group. Do this using
configuration definition file A.
4.
Perform the pairsplit operation again using configuration definition file A.
5.
Create RAID Manager configuration definition file C for the multiple primary and secondary
system configuration.
6.
Perform the pairresync operation and register them to configuration definition file C.
Using an existing CG
You can assign new pairs or existing pairs to an existing consistency group.
Procedure 4 To assign new pairs to an existing consistency group
1.
Add pair information to the existing configuration definition file B, which consists of pairs in
multiple XP7s.
2.
Copy and create RAID Manager configuration definition file C.
3.
Perform the paircreate operation and register them to configuration definition file C.
Procedure 5 To assign existing pairs to an existing consistency group
1.
Create RAID Manager configuration definition file A with which to use RAID Manager for pair
operations.
2.
Perform the pairsplit operation on pairs that you want to register in the existing CG with
multiple systems. Do this using configuration definition file A.
3.
Perform the pairresync operation without designating a consistency group. Do this using
configuration definition file A.
4.
Perform the pairsplit operation again using configuration definition file A.
5.
Perform the pairsplit operation to the existing configuration definition file B, which consists of
the pairs in the multiple primary and secondary system configuration.
6.
Add pair information to existing configuration definition file B.
7.
Delete then re-create the pairs, registering them in configuration definition file C.
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