HP XP Business Copy Software - Manual (Page 6)

1 Overview of HP StorageWorks XP Business Copy Software
This chapter provides an overview of HP StorageWorks XP Business Copy Software for HP
StorageWorks XP disk arrays. Topics include the following:
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“XP Business Copy” (page 6)
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“Business Benefits” (page 7)
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“Feature Highlights” (page 7)
Unless otherwise specified, the term storage system in this guide refers to the following disk arrays:
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HP StorageWorks XP24000 Disk Array
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HP StorageWorks XP20000 Disk Array
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XP Business Copy
HP provides innovative, storage-based technology solutions for enabling continuous business
operations. By partnering with customers to understand key business challenges and requirements,
HP is able to deliver robust, application-focused storage solutions that enhance operational efficiency
and resilience.
An essential component of business continuity and risk mitigation strategies and optimized IT
operations is the ability to replicate data quickly for critical application processing, testing and
development of new applications, zero-downtime recovery, data migration, and necessary backup
operations. The high-speed nondisruptive local mirroring technology of XP Business Copy In-System
Replication software rapidly creates multiple copies of mission-critical information within storage
systems in open-systems environments. XP Business Copy keeps data RAID-protected and fully
recoverable without affecting service or performance levels. Replicated data volumes can be split
from the host applications and used for system backups, application testing, and data mining
applications while business continues to run at full capacity.
XP Business Copy provides heterogeneous replication between any storage systems within a
virtualized storage pool managed by the storage system. Data that resides on an externally attached
storage system can be moved from the source to a target data volume anywhere in the storage
pool, including to another externally attached system. Using XP Business Copy, you can migrate
data volumes from one platform to another through the storage system and maximize the use of
your storage infrastructure. By providing nondisruptive, high-speed data replication within any
storage system or within the virtualized storage pool, XP Business Copy software enables immediate
use of data in decision support, software testing and development, and data protection operations.
This document describes and provides instructions for performing XP Business Copy operations on
the storage system using the XP Business Copy software on HP StorageWorks Remote Web Console.
The licensed XP Business Copy software displays the XP Business Copy information and allows
you to perform XP Business Copy operations. For further information on Remote Web Console,
see the HP StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000 Remote Web Console User Guide.
XP Business Copy operations can also be performed from the open-systems host using the RAID
Manager software. For information and instructions on using RAID Manager to perform XP Business
Copy operations, see the HP StorageWorks RAID Manager User Guide.
If you use the HP StorageWorks DKA Encryption License Key, you can create an XP Business Copy
pair by using an encrypted volume and a non-encrypted volume. For example, you can create the
pair specifying an encrypted volume as the P-VOL and a non-encrypted volume as the S-VOL. In
this case, data in the encrypted P-VOL will be copied as non-encrypted data in the non-encrypted
S-VOL.
6 Overview of HP StorageWorks XP Business Copy Software