HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console Software User Manual
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HP StorageWorks
Hitachi TrueCopy for z/OS user guide
HP XP12000 Disk Array
HP XP10000 Disk Array
HP 200 Storage Virtualization System
This guide explains how to use Hitachi TrueCopy
TM
software to pair data volumes on local and remote XP storage systems
and to recover data from the remote system after a local disaster. The intended audience is a mainframe storage
administrator or authorized service provider with independent knowledge of XP storage systems, mainframe operating
systems, and HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console Software.
Part number: T1711-96024
Eleventh edition: December 2009
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Table of contents
Document Outline
- Contents
- Hitachi TrueCopy z/OS for HP XP12000/XP10000 and SVS 200 storage systems
- Hitachi TrueCopy features
- Other data duplication Features
- Overview of TrueCopy operations
- Components
- Figure 1 TrueCopy components for serial (ESCON) connection
- Figure 2 TrueCopy components for Fibre Channel connection
- XP12000/XP10000 storage systems
- Control units (MCUs and RCUs)
- CU emulation types
- Volume pairs (M-VOLs and R-VOLs)
- Remote copy connections
- Initiator ports and RCU target ports
- Remote control ports (RCPs) and local control ports (LCPs)
- XP Command View Advanced Edition Software server or XP Remote Web Console
- Asynchronous consistency groups
- Host I/O time-stamping function
- Error reporting communications
- Remote copy operations
- TrueCopy Asynchronous recordset operations
- TrueCopy Asynchronous consistency group operations
- TrueCopy volume pair status
- PPRC support
- Components
- Preparing for TrueCopy operations
- System requirements
- Requirements and restrictions
- Installing the TrueCopy hardware
- Installing the TrueCopy software
- Configuring the MCUs and RCUs for TrueCopy operations
- Combining TrueCopy with other data management operations
- Table 15 Using Non-TC390 and Non-TC390A Volumes as TC390 and TC390A Volumes
- Table 16 Requirements and restrictions for combining TrueCopy and HXRC
- Combining TrueCopy and ShadowImage
- Table 17 Host pair status reporting for TrueCopy/ShadowImage shared volumes
- Table 18 Data currency of a shared TrueCopy/ShadowImage volume
- Figure 20 TrueCopy and ShadowImage: shared M-VOL/S-VOL
- Figure 21 TrueCopy and ShadowImage: shared R-VOL/S-VOL
- Figure 22 TrueCopy and ShadowImage: shared M-VOL/S-VOL and R-VOL/S-VOL
- Figure 23 TrueCopy and ShadowImage: shared M-VOL/T-VOL
- Combining TrueCopy for z/OS and Virtual LVI/LUN
- Combining TrueCopy for z/OS and Cache Residency Manager
- Combining TrueCopy for z/OS and XP Performance Control
- Combining TrueCopy for z/OS and XP External Storage Software
- Starting TrueCopy
- Performing TrueCopy configuration operations
- TrueCopy main window
- TrueCopy main window (Pair Operations window)
- RCU Operations window
- Asynchronous Operations window
- Usage Monitor window
- Script Operations window
- History window
- Other Operations window
- RCU operations
- To perform the RCU operations from the RCU Operations tab:
- Configuring the host interface ports
- Viewing RCU Status (RCU Status)
- Registering an RCU (Add RCU)
- RCU path parameters
- Modifying RCU options (Change RCU option)
- Deleting an RCU (Delete RCU)
- Adding and deleting logical paths for an RCU (Add Path and Delete Path)
- Adding and deleting SSIDs for an RCU (Add SSID and Delete SSID)
- Modifying parameters and omitting selected settings
- Asynchronous operations
- To perform asynchronous operations:
- Viewing consistency group status (CT Group Status)
- Adding consistency groups (Add CT Group)
- Modifying consistency group options (CT Group Option)
- Deleting consistency groups (Delete CT Group)
- Asynchronous copy option
- Modifying parameters and omitting consistency groups
- Usage Monitor operations
- Script operations
- History operations
- Other operations
- Optimizing TrueCopy operations and disk array performance
- Discontinuing TrueCopy operations
- Performing TrueCopy pair operations
- Preparing for TrueCopy volume pair operations
- Common procedure for TrueCopy pair operation
- Viewing the status of TrueCopy volume pairs (Pair Status)
- Creating TrueCopy volume pairs (Add Pair)
- Suspending TrueCopy pairs (Suspend Pair)
- Resuming TrueCopy volume pairs (Resume Pair)
- Deleting TrueCopy volume pairs (Delete Pair)
- Changing the pair options (Change Pair Option)
- ICKDSF considerations for TrueCopy volumes
- Using TrueCopy for data migration and duplication
- Powering off/on TrueCopy components
- TrueCopy disaster recovery operations
- Troubleshooting
- Using PPRC commands for TrueCopy
- Overview of PPRC commands
- Using PPRC TSO commands with TrueCopy Asynchronous
- CGROUP (FREEZE/RUN) support
- IEA494I and IEA491E console messages
- XP12000/XP10000 response characteristics to failure conditions
- Pinned track recovery for TrueCopy volumes
- SIM reporting
- TrueCopy scripting
- HXRC device blocking and load balancing
- Device blocking function
- Load balancing control
- Current load balancing control
- New load balancing control
- Figure 84 Combination 1: MODE 85,86 = ON,OFF; Threshold 1/2/3 = 30/40/50%
- Figure 85 Combination 2 (Default): MODE 85,86 = OFF,OFF; Threshold 1/2/3 = 40/50/60%
- Figure 86 Combination 3: MODE 85,86 = OFF,ON – Threshold 1/2/3 = 50/60/70%
- Figure 87 Combination 4: MODE 85,86 = ON,ON – Threshold 1/2/3 = 60/70/80%
- Support and Other Resources
- Index