HP XP Array Manager Software - Manual (Page 9)

Advanced operations and corresponding P9000 RAID Manager commands ........................... 240
Monitoring and managing storage systems using virtual command devices ..................................... 241
About virtual command devices .......................................................................................... 242
Prerequisites for virtual command device configurations ......................................................... 243
Setting up an SVP as a virtual command device .................................................................. 244
Using a Virtual Command Device server .............................................................................. 245
If a virtual command device fails to call the Device Manager Agent ........................................ 246
P9000 RAID Manager response time and virtual command devices ........................................ 246
Performing user authentication for replica operations ............................................................. 247
Monitoring and management of copy groups defined by device group .......................................... 248
About copy groups defined by device group ........................................................................ 248
Prerequisites for copy group configurations defined by device group ....................................... 249
Precautions for replica operations (Application Agent) ........................................................... 249
Unsupported copy group configurations defined by device group ........................................... 251
11 Refreshing management information ............................................... 253
About refreshing management information ................................................................................. 253
Functions for refreshing management information ................................................................. 254
Explorer menu items for refreshing management information ................................................ 254
Refreshing copy pair status ....................................................................................................... 255
About refreshing copy pair status ....................................................................................... 255
Refreshing copy pair statuses data flow (open systems) .......................................................... 256
Refreshing copy pair statuses data flow (mainframe systems) .................................................. 257
Disabling the Device Manager refresh function ..................................................................... 258
Refreshing copy pair statuses manually for each host ............................................................ 259
Refreshing copy pair statuses manually for each volume ........................................................ 259
Refreshing copy pair statuses manually for each copy group .................................................. 260
Refreshing copy pair statuses manually for My Copy Groups .................................................. 260
Refreshing the copy pair status automatically for each information source ................................ 260
Refreshing copy pair status automatically for each pair management server ............................. 261
Refreshing configuration information .......................................................................................... 262
About refreshing configuration information ........................................................................... 262
Data flow when configuration information is refreshed in open systems ........................... 264
Data flow when configuration information is refreshed in mainframe systems .................... 265
Refreshing configuration information automatically (using the refresh settings) ........................... 266
Refreshing configuration information manually for each information source .............................. 267
Refreshing configuration information manually for each storage system .................................... 267
12 System monitoring ........................................................................ 269
About system monitoring .......................................................................................................... 269
Monitoring configuration information ......................................................................................... 270
About copy pair configuration checks ................................................................................. 270
Checking copy pair configurations ..................................................................................... 271
Copy pair configuration check workflow ....................................................................... 271
Checking copy pair configuration definitions ................................................................. 271
Checking copy pair configuration (perspective of specific volume) .................................... 272
Checking copy pair configuration (perspective of specific copy group) .............................. 273
Viewing copy pair configuration definition information .......................................................... 273
Viewing information about a configuration definition file (open systems) ............................ 273
Viewing prefix information (mainframe systems) ............................................................. 274
Monitoring pair status ............................................................................................................. 274
Monitoring pair statuses using alerts ................................................................................... 274
Monitoring pair statuses using My Copy Groups .................................................................. 275
Displaying My Copy Groups ....................................................................................... 275
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