Document Outline

• Contents
  • Intended audience
  • Prerequisites
  • Related documentation
  • Document conventions and symbols
    • Table 1 Document conventions
  • HP technical support
    • HP-authorized reseller
    • Helpful web sites
• 1 TrueCopy for the XP128/XP1024/XP10000/XP12000
  • Other Data Duplication Features
    • Business Copy XP and ShadowImage
    • Hitachi Extended Remote Copy
      • Table 2 HXRC path configuration with FICON
    • Continuous Access XP
  • Overview of TrueCopy Operations
    • Components
      • Figure 1 TrueCopy components for serial (ESCON) connection
      • Figure 2 TrueCopy components for Fibre Channel connection
      • XP128/XP1024/XP10000/XP12000
        • Table 3 XP128/XP1024/XP10000/XP12000 modes for TrueCopy for z/OS
      • Control Units (MCUs and RCUs)
      • CU Emulation Types
      • Volume Pairs (M-VOLs and R-VOLs)
      • Remote Copy Connections
        • Table 4 TC390 configuration with FICON
      • Initiator Ports and RCU Target Ports
      • Remote Control Ports (RCPs) and Local Control Ports (LCPs)
      • Command View XP Management Station or XP Remote Web Console
      • Asynchronous Consistency Groups
      • Host I/O Time-Stamping Function
      • Error Reporting Communications
    • Remote Copy Operations
      • Figure 3 TrueCopy remote copy operations
      • Initial Copy Operations
      • Update Copy Operations
      • Read and Write I/O Operations for TrueCopy Volumes
      • R-VOL Read Option
      • Difference Management
        • Table 5 Operation of the unit of data stored in bitmap
        • Table 6 Maximum Number of Pairs According to Each Emulation Type, when pairs are created without use of customized volume
    • TrueCopy Asynchronous Recordset Operations
      • Creating and Storing Recordsets at the MCU
      • Sending Recordsets to the RCU
      • Storing Recordsets at the RCU
      • Selecting and Settling Recordsets at the RCU
      • Types of Recordsets
        • Figure 4 Selecting and settling TrueCopy Async recordsets at the RCU
      • Inflow Control of Recordsets
        • Table 7 Sidefile thresholds
      • Graduated Delay Sidefile Management
        • Figure 5 Graduated delay process for sidefile management
      • Dummy Pair Mode
        • Figure 6 Dummy pair mode
        • Table 8 Differences between TC390A dummy pair mode and HPAV
    • TrueCopy Asynchronous Consistency Group Operations
      • Group Options
      • Group Consistency Time
      • Group Operations
    • TrueCopy Volume Pair Status
      • TC390A-Specific Pair Status
        • Table 9 TrueCopy volume pair status
      • Suspended Pairs
        • Table 10 Suspend types
        • Table 11 Consistency status for suspended TrueCopy Async R-VOLs
      • Suspended TrueCopy Asynchronous Pairs
        • Table 12 TrueCopy Asynchronous suspension conditions
    • PPRC Support
      • P/DAS Support
        • Restrictions
      • GDPS Support
  • Preparing for TrueCopy Operations
    • System Requirements
    • Requirements and Restrictions
      • Track Format
      • One-to-One Volume Copy Operations
      • Duplicate VOLSER
      • Logical Volume Image (LVI)
      • Accessing TrueCopy M-VOLs and R-VOLs
      • Cache, NVS, and DASD Fast Write
      • Consistency Groups
    • Installing the TrueCopy Hardware
      • Fibre Remote Copy Connections
        • Figure 7 Fibre Channel remote copy connection configurations
        • Figure 8 Fibre Channel interface direct connection (NL port)
        • Figure 9 Fibre Channel interface switch connection (FL port or F port)
        • Figure 10 Fibre Channel interface extender connection
      • Serial Remote Copy Connections
        • Figure 11 Serial remote copy connection configurations
        • Figure 12 N pairs of remote copy connections
        • Figure 13 N-to-1 and 1-to-n remote copy connections (n£4)
        • Figure 14 Remote copy connections shared with channel-to-RCU connections
      • Channel Extenders for Serial Remote Copy Connections
    • Installing the TrueCopy Software
      • To install the TC390 software:
    • Configuring the MCUs and RCUs for TrueCopy Operations
      • Serial Interface Configuration
        • To configure the MCUs and RCUs for serial-interface TC390 operations:
          • Figure 15 Setting the Async options
          • Figure 16 Adding the consistency groups
      • Fibre Channel Interface Configuration
        • To configure the MCUs and RCUs for TC390 Fibre Channel operations:
          • Figure 17 Add the RCUs
          • Figure 18 Configuring the RCU options
          • Figure 19 Setting the Async options
          • Figure 20 Adding the consistency groups
    • Combining TrueCopy with Other Data Management Operations
      • Table 13 Requirements and restrictions for combining TrueCopy and HXRC
      • Combining TrueCopy and ShadowImage
        • Table 14 Host pair status reporting for TrueCopy/ShadowImage shared volumes
        • Table 15 Data currency of a shared TrueCopy/ShadowImage volume
        • Figure 21 TrueCopy and ShadowImage: shared M-VOL/S-VOL
        • Figure 22 TrueCopy and ShadowImage: shared R-VOL/S-VOL
        • Figure 23 TrueCopy and ShadowImage: shared M-VOL/S-VOL and R-VOL/S-VOL
        • Figure 24 TrueCopy and ShadowImage: shared M-VOL/T-VOL
  • Starting TrueCopy
    • To access TC390:
      • Figure 25 TrueCopy main window
  • Performing TrueCopy Configuration Operations
    • TrueCopy Main Window
      • Table 16 TC390 functions
    • TrueCopy Main Window (Pair Operations Window)
      • Figure 26 TrueCopy main window (Pair Operations window)
      • Volume List
        • Figure 27 Volume list
      • Display Filter
        • Figure 28 Display Filter window
      • Snapshot Function
        • To create a TC390 snapshot file:
          • Figure 29 Example of snapshot file
    • RCU Operations Window
      • Figure 30 RCU Operations window
      • CU Number Tree and MCU/RCU List
        • Figure 31 RCU Operations window with the MCU&RCU option button selected
      • Port Tree and Port List
        • Figure 32 RCU Operations window with the Port option button selected
        • Figure 33 Standard speed, two ports per row
        • Figure 34 High-speed (2 port), two ports per row
        • Figure 35 High-speed, four ports per row
    • Asynchronous Operations Window
      • Figure 36 Asynchronous Operations window
    • Usage Monitor Window
      • Figure 37 Usage Monitor window
    • Script Operations Window
      • Figure 38 Script Operations window
      • Figure 39 Script Operations window during execution of a script file
    • History Window
      • Figure 40 History Operations window
    • Other Operations Window
      • Figure 41 Other Operations window
    • RCU Operations
      • To perform the RCU operations from the RCU Operations tab:
      • Configuring the Host Interface Ports
        • To configure the Fibre Channel or serial ports:
      • Viewing RCU Status (RCU Status)
        • To display the RCU status information:
          • Figure 42 MCU/RCU list with the RCU Status command
          • Figure 43 RCU Status window
          • Table 17 Logical path status
      • Registering an RCU (Add RCU)
        • Figure 44 Add RCU windows (Fibre and Serial)
        • To register an RCU to the connected MCU:
          • Figure 45 MCU/RCU list with the RCU Operation command
      • RCU Path Parameters
        • Figure 46 Typical TC390 remote copy configuration with two paths
        • Figure 47 Add RCU window - serial interface
        • Figure 48 Fibre Channel interface connections going through switches
        • Figure 49 Add RCU window - FC interface
      • Modifying RCU Options (Change RCU Option)
        • Figure 50 RCU Option window (Change RCU Option)
        • Table 18 Initial Copy Pace for Calculating The Initial Copy Response Time
        • Table 19 Example setting
        • To modify the RCU option:
      • Deleting an RCU (Delete RCU)
        • To delete an RCU from an MCU:
      • Adding and Deleting Logical Paths for an RCU (Add Path and Delete Path)
        • Figure 51 Add Path window (for Fibre)
        • To add a new logical path from the connected MCU to an existing RCU:
          • Figure 52 Opening the Add Path window
        • To delete a path from the connected MCU to an existing RCU:
      • Adding and Deleting SSIDs for an RCU (Add SSID and Delete SSID)
        • Figure 53 Add SSID window
        • To add or delete an SSID for an existing RCU:
          • Figure 54 Opening the Add SSID window
      • Modifying Parameters and Omitting Selected Settings
        • To modify the parameters:
        • To omit the RCUs, Paths, or SSIDs from the operation:
    • Asynchronous Operations
      • To perform the asynchronous operations:
        • Figure 55 Consistency Group list
      • Viewing Consistency Group Status (CT Group Status)
        • To display the consistency group status information:
          • Figure 56 CT Group Status window
      • Adding Consistency Groups (Add CT Group)
        • Figure 57 Add CT Group window
        • To add a consistency group:
      • Modifying Consistency Group Options (CT Group Option)
        • Figure 58 CT Group Option window
        • To change the group options:
      • Deleting Consistency Groups (Delete CT Group)
        • To delete a consistency group from an MCU:
      • Asynchronous Copy Option
        • Figure 59 Async Option window
        • To set the asynchronous option parameters:
      • Modifying Parameters and Omitting Consistency Groups
        • To modify the parameters:
        • To omit the consistency groups: from the operation
    • Usage Monitor Operations
      • Starting and Stopping Monitoring
        • To start monitoring:
        • To stop monitoring:
      • Displaying the Usage Monitor Graph
        • To display the usage monitor graph:
          • Figure 60 Selecting data for Usage Monitor Graph
        • To close the graph:
          • Table 20 I/O statistics
    • Script Operations
    • History Operations
    • Other Operations
      • To clear all remote copy SIMs from the disk array:
    • Optimizing TrueCopy Operations and Disk Array Performance
      • Table 21 Optimizing TrueCopy operations and XP128/XP1024/XP10000/XP12000 performance
    • Discontinuing TrueCopy Operations
      • To discontinue all TC390 operations:
  • Performing TrueCopy Pair Operations
    • Preparing for TrueCopy Volume Pair Operations
    • Common Procedure for TrueCopy Pair Operation
      • To perform the pair settings operation:
        • Figure 61 TrueCopy main window (Pair Operations window)
      • List after the Command Selection
      • Modifying Parameters and Omitting Selected Volumes
        • To modify the parameters of a volume:
        • To omit the selected volumes:
    • Viewing the Status of TrueCopy Volume Pairs (Pair Status)
      • To display the TC390 pair status information:
        • Figure 62 Pair Status window
    • Creating TrueCopy Volume Pairs (Add Pair)
      • Figure 63 Add Pair (Synchronous) window
      • Figure 64 Add Pair (Asynchronous) window
      • To create one or more new TC390 volume pairs:
    • Suspending TrueCopy Pairs (Suspend Pair)
      • Figure 65 Suspend Pair window (Asynchronous)
      • To suspend one or more TC390 volume pairs:
    • Resuming TrueCopy Volume Pairs (Resume Pair)
      • Figure 66 Resume Pair window
      • To resume one or more split or suspended TC390 volume pairs:
    • Deleting TrueCopy Volume Pairs (Delete Pair)
      • Figure 67 Delete Pair window (Asynchronous)
      • To delete one or more TC390 volume pairs:
    • Changing the Pair Options (Change Pair Option)
      • Figure 68 Change Pair Option window (Asynchronous)
      • To change the pair options for one or more TC390 volume pairs:
    • ICKDSF Considerations for TrueCopy Volumes
      • ICKDSF on a TrueCopy M-VOL
        • To perform ICKDSF on a TC390 M-VOL:
      • ICKDSF on a TrueCopy R-VOL
        • To perform ICKDSF on a TC390 R-VOL:
    • Using TrueCopy for Data Migration and Duplication
      • Data Migration Using TrueCopy Synchronous
        • To use TC390 Synchronous to migrate data from one volume to another:
      • Point-in-Time (PiT) Data Duplication Using TrueCopy Asynchronous
        • To produce a PiT duplicate of an existing TC390A consistency group:
    • Powering Off/On TrueCopy Components
      • Planned Outage of the MCU
        • To maintain a fully consistent group at the RCU during the planned MCU outage:
      • Planned Outage of the RCU or Remote Copy Connection
        • To perform a planned outage of a TC390 RCU or remote copy connection component:
      • Planned Outage of the MCU and RCU
        • To perform a planned outage of a TC390 MCU and RCU:
  • TrueCopy Disaster Recovery Operations
    • Preparing for Disaster Recovery
      • Considering the M-VOL Fence Level Setting
        • Table 22 Fence level setting on a TrueCopy M-VOL
      • Transferring Sense Information Between Sites
      • File and Database Recovery Procedures
      • CSUSPEND/QUIESCE TSO Command
      • IEA494I System Console Message
    • Switching Operations to the Remote Site
      • Analyzing the Currency of TrueCopy Synchronous R-VOLs
        • Table 23 Analyzing the currency of TrueCopy Synchronous R-VOLs
      • Analyzing the Consistency of TrueCopy Asynchronous R-VOLs
        • Table 24 Analyzing the consistency of TrueCopy Asynchronous R-VOLs
    • Transferring Operations Back to the Main Site
      • To transfer operations to the main site:
        • Table 25 Selecting the correct timer type for TrueCopy Async disaster recovery
    • Resuming Normal Operations at the Main Site
      • To resume normal operations at the main site:
  • Troubleshooting
    • General TrueCopy Troubleshooting
      • Table 26 General TrueCopy troubleshooting
      • Table 27 Troubleshooting RCU path status problems
      • Table 28 Troubleshooting suspended TrueCopy pairs
      • Table 29 Resolving TrueCopy Asynchronous suspension conditions
    • TrueCopy Software Error Codes
      • Figure 69 Example of the TC390 error message
  • Using PPRC Commands for TrueCopy
    • Overview of PPRC Commands
      • Table 30 TrueCopy operations versus PPRC TSO and ICKDSF commands
    • Using PPRC TSO Commands with TrueCopy Asynchronous
      • Table 31 Typographic conventions for PPRC TSO commands
      • CESTPATH
        • Table 32 CESTPATH LINK parameter for serial and Fibre Channel
        • Table 33 SAID values for the CESTPATH LINK parameter
      • CESTPAIR
        • Table 34 Using CESTPAIR to establish and resume TrueCopy Async pairs
      • CSUSPEND
        • Table 35 Using CSUSPEND to suspend TrueCopy Async pairs
      • CDELPAIR
        • Table 36 Using CDELPAIR to delete TrueCopy Async pairs/groups at the MCU
      • CRECOVER
        • Table 37 Using CRECOVER to delete TrueCopy Async pairs/groups at the RCU
      • CQUERY for Serial Interface
      • CQUERY for Fibre Channel Interface
        • Table 38 CQUERY output for serial and Fibre Channel
    • CGROUP (FREEZE/RUN) Support
      • Requirements
      • CGROUP (FREEZE/RUN) Command
        • Table 39 TrueCopy pair status during CGROUP (FREEZE/RUN) operations
      • Using the CGROUP Command
        • Figure 70 Overview of GDPS operations
      • Using PPRC TSO Commands with CGROUP Support
    • IEA494I and IEA491E Console Messages
      • IEA494I Message
      • IEA491E Message
    • XP128/XP1024/XP10000/XP12000 Response Characteristics to Failure Conditions
      • Figure 71 Failure conditions (described in Table 40)
      • Table 40 XP128/XP1024/XP10000/XP12000 response characteristics to failure conditions
      • GDPS-TC390-HXRC Matrix
        • Table 41 GDPS-TC390-HXRC matrix
  • Pinned Track Recovery for TrueCopy Volumes
  • SIM Reporting
    • Figure 72 Typical XP128/XP1024/XP10000/XP12000 SIM showing reference code and SIM type
    • Table 42 TrueCopy control unit SIMs
    • Table 43 TrueCopy device SIMs
  • TrueCopy Scripting
    • Overview of Scripting
      • Table 44 Functional macro commands for TrueCopy scripting
      • Table 45 Internal macro commands for TrueCopy scripting
    • Syntax for Scripting
      • Syntax Overview
        • Table 46 Syntax description
        • Table 47 Script components
      • Script File Requirements
        • Table 48 Script file requirements
      • Script Symbols
        • Table 49 Script symbols
    • Operation Macro Commands
      • Create Pairs
        • Table 50 Example of CreateHrcPair parameters
      • Delete Pairs
      • Suspend Pairs
      • Resume Pairs
      • Change Pair Options
      • Starting a Pair
      • Getting Pair Status
      • Selecting Devices
        • Table 51 Select device parameters
    • Internal Macro Commands
      • Table 52 Internal macro commands
      • Internal Macro Command Definitions
        • AddList
        • Delay
        • End
        • If/EndIf
          • Table 53 ASCII character codes
          • Table 54 If/EndIf comparison symbols
        • MakeString
          • Table 55 MakeString expression definitions
        • SetList
        • Start
    • Work Variables
      • Table 56 Work variables
    • Reserved Variables
      • Reserved Result Variables
        • Figure 73 Result statement format
        • Table 57 Reserved result variables
      • Reserved Status Variables
        • Table 58 Reserved status variables
    • Optional Script Parameters
      • Table 59 Syntax requirements for optional parameters
    • Error Reporting
      • Figure 74 Scripting error code format
      • Table 60 Error messages
      • Table 61 TrueCopy scripting error codes
  • HXRC Device Blocking and Load Balancing
    • Device Blocking Function
    • Load Balancing Control
      • Current Load Balancing Control
        • Figure 75 Current load balancing control
      • New Load Balancing Control
        • Figure 76 Combination 1: MODE 85,86 = ON,OFF; Threshold 1/2/3 = 30/40/50%
        • Figure 77 Combination 2 (Default): MODE 85,86 = OFF,OFF; Threshold 1/2/3 = 40/50/60%
        • Figure 78 Combination 3: MODE 85,86 = OFF,ON - Threshold 1/2/3 = 50/60/70%
        • Figure 79 Combination 4: MODE 85,86 = ON,ON - Threshold 1/2/3 = 60/70/80%
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