Creating l2 pairs – HP XP Business Copy Software User Manual
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8.
When the Paircreate dialog box displays the desired new pairs, click OK to reflect all pairs
(settings) in the Paircreate Volume List to the Preview List on the Pair Operation window.
9.
On the Pair Operation window, click Apply to apply the operations set in the Paircreate dialog
box to the storage system.
When the initial copy operation to create the L1 pairs starts, the Pair Operation window shows
the new pairs with COPY(PD) status and the progress (%) of the initial copy operations.
shows the relationship between the L1 pair status and the availability of XP
Business Copy pair operations on the L1 pairs. (CMD RJT = command rejected.)
Table 29 Relationship between L1 Pair Status and L1 Pair Operations
L1 Pair Operations
L1 Pair Status
Pairsplit-S
Pairsplit-E
Pairresync
Pairsplit
Paircreate
Yes
Yes
No (CMD RJT)
Yes
No (CMD RJT)
1
COPY(PD)
Yes
Yes
No (CMD RJT)
Yes
No (CMD RJT)
1
PAIR
Yes
Yes
No (CMD RJT)
No (CMD RJT)
1
No (CMD RJT)
1
COPY(SP)
No (CMD RJT)
Yes
Yes
No (CMD RJT)
1
No (CMD RJT)
1
PSUS(SP)
Yes
Yes
Yes
No (CMD RJT)
1
No (CMD RJT)
1
PSUS
Yes
Yes
No (CMD RJT)
No (CMD RJT)
1
No (CMD RJT)
1
COPY(RS)
Yes
Yes
No (CMD RJT)
No (CMD RJT)
1
No (CMD RJT)
1
COPY(RS-R)
Yes
No (CMD RJT)
Yes
No (CMD RJT)
1
No (CMD RJT)
1
PSUE
1
The operation to the P-VOL is available.
Creating L2 Pairs
To create one or more new L2 cascade pairs:
WARNING!
The L2 paircreate operation overwrites all existing data on the L2 S-VOLs. The user
is responsible for backing up the data on the S-VOLs before creating XP Business Copy pairs.
1.
Make sure that the L2 S-VOLs are unmounted.
2.
Go to the Pair Operation window, and select the desired L1 pairs to which you want to add
the L2 pairs, right-click the selected L1 pairs to display the menu, and then select the Paircreate
command to open the Paircreate dialog box.
3.
On the Paircreate dialog box, select the desired L1 pair from the Paircreate Volume List.
4.
Select the MU number (1 or 2) from the Select MU list.
5.
Select the desired S-VOL for the new L2 pair.
6.
Click Cascade to add the desired L2 pair to the Paircreate Volume List.
7.
Repeat steps
through
until all the desired L2 pairs are displayed.
Use the Change button to replace an S-VOL. Use the Set button to add an S-VOL. To remove
pairs from the Paircreate Volume List, select the Delete command from the menu that appears
by right-clicking the pair that you want to remove.
8.
When the Paircreate dialog box displays all desired new pairs, click OK to reflect all pairs
(settings) in the Paircreate Volume List to the Preview List on the Pair Operation window.
9.
On the Pair Operation window, click Apply to apply the paircreate operations set in the
Paircreate dialog box to the storage system.
When the initial copy operations to create the L2 pairs starts, the Pair Operation window
shows the new pairs with COPY(PD) status and the progress (%) of the initial copy operations.
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