HP XP Racks - Manual (Page 162)

5. Click Apply. The copy pairs belonging to the associated pair group are displayed in the Pair List
pane.
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For mainframe pair configuration, copy pairs displayed in the Pair List are aggregated per
CTGID/JNLGID. When there are multiple IDs assigned for the container, copy groups will
be promoted to the container.
6. Click Next.
The tasks that correspond to specific copy groups are displayed on the 4. Task Management
page.
To release a pair group assigned to a copy group, select the pair group to be released in the Pair
List and click Release.
Related topics
• Editing pair names , page 155
• Conditions for creating local copy pairs with the CTG option , page 158
• Copy group requirements for pair configuration (mainframe systems) , page 158
Creating a container with multiple copy groups (mainframe
systems)
To create a container with multiple copy groups:
1. Select a volume without a copy pair configuration and launch the Pair Configuration Wizard.
For details on how to launch the Pair Configuration Wizard, see “
Launching the Pair Configuration
Wizard ” on page 144.
2. Create a pair group and associate it with a copy group. When performing the association,
specify the consistency group ID and journal group ID. For details on how to create pair groups,
see “
Creating pairs and pair groups ” on page 154. For details on how to associate pair groups
with copy groups, see “ Associating pair groups with copy groups ” on page 161.
3. Select a volume without a copy pair configuration and launch the Pair Configuration Wizard.
4. Create pair groups and associate them with the previously added copy groups. When applying
the association, specify a consistency group ID or journal group ID.
If the storage system and volume selected for the second copy pair configuration are the same
as the storage system and volume selected for the initial copy pair configuration, specify a different
CTGID/JNLGID from the CTGID/JNLGID specified first.
Related topics
• About copy groups , page 157
• Supported copy group and container combinations , page 162
Supported copy group and container combinations
In the following discussion, the term target group refers to the initial copy group or container in a
cascade configuration (cascade source group). The term following group refers to the subsequent
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