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12 System monitoring
Replication Manager provides multiple ways to monitor the operating status of the replication
environment. You can monitor frequently viewed copy groups, check pair statuses, pair configurations,
and the performance of remote copies.
This chapter describes the different types of system monitoring functions supported by Replication
Manager.
About system monitoring
Replication Manager allows you to perform the following types of system monitoring functions.
Monitoring configuration information
You can monitor copy pair configurations in multiple ways using Replication Manager. You can use
a tree view to check the configuration definition file for P9000 RAID Manager that is created by
Replication Manager or other products, or to check the copy group definition file for HP StorageWorks
P9000 for Business Continuity Manager Software or P9000 mainframe agent. You can limit the range
of copy pairs being monitored to those of a host or storage system, and also check the configuration
of related copy pairs. You can also check copy pair configurations from a copy group perspective.
Monitoring pair statuses
You can configure pair status monitoring for hosts, storage systems, copy groups, or copy pairs to
detect an unexpected pair status. When a pair status for which you require notification is detected,
Replication Manager can be configured to alert you with an email message or an SNMP trap.
Replication Manager also detects pair statuses based on the periodic monitoring of pair statuses.
Monitoring the performance of remote copies
You can configure threshold monitoring for asynchronous remote copy metrics to detect where preset
thresholds have been exceeded. You can display the transfer delay state between the primary and
secondary volumes for each copy group. This feature is used to monitor asynchronous remote copying
using Continuous Access Asynchronous and Continuous Access Journal. The transfer delay state of
remote copies displays these types of information:
• Usage of side file/journal
• Write delay time (C/T delta)
• Usage rate of pool capacity
Monitoring the status of application replicas
You can monitor the progress of replica creation using the summary displayed in the Applications
and Servers subwindows. You can receive notification through email or SNMP traps on replica
monitoring parameters.
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