HP XP Business Copy Software User Manual
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f.
Click Set.
The S-VOL displays next to the selected P-VOL in the Pairsplit Volume List.
g.
To add and split another S-VOL to and from the same P-VOL, repeat steps
through
.
Each pair to be created and split displays separately in the Volume List.
You cannot select the same MU number for different pairs.
6.
Repeat step
until the desired L1 pairs are displayed.
Use the Change button to replace S-VOLs, the Set button to add L1 S-VOLs, and the Delete
command in the menu to remove pairs from the Pairsplit Volume List.
7.
If you also want to create and split L2 cascade pairs, add the L2 S-VOLs to the L1 pairs as
follows:
a.
Select the desired L1 pair from the Pairsplit Volume List.
b.
If you are selecting an existing L1 pair, make sure that the status of the desired L1 pair
is PSUS.
c.
From the Select MU list, select the MU number (1 or 2) for the L2 pair to be created.
d.
From the Pairsplit Volume List, select the volume that you want to assign as the S-VOL for
the L2 pair.
e.
Click Cascade to add the L2 S-VOL to the selected L1 pair. The new L2 pair to be created
will then be displayed in the Pairsplit Volume List.
f.
To add another L2 S-VOL to the same L1 pair, repeat steps
through
. Each L2 pair to
be created and split displays separately in the Pairsplit Volume List.
8.
Repeat step
until the desired pairs are displayed.
Use the Change button to replace S-VOLs, the Cascade button to add L2 S-VOLs, and the Delete
command selected from the menu (that displays by right-clicking) to remove pairs.
9.
When the Pairsplit dialog box displays the desired L1 and L2 pairs, click OK to reflect the
settings in the Pairsplit dialog box to the Preview List on the Pair Operation window.
10.
On the Pair Operation window, click Apply to apply the operation settings in the Preview List
to the storage system.
The pairs will then be created and split according to the operations set in the Pairsplit dialog
box. When the paircreate and pairsplit operations start, the Pair Operation window will show
that the status of the new pairs has changed to COPY(SP) or PSUS(SP) and the progress (%)
of the ongoing update copy operations. The pair status will change to PSUS when the pairsplit
operation completes. If there were no pending update copy operations, the pair status will
change to PSUS right away.
Performing At-Time Split Operation (Multiple Pair Splitting)
By using RAID Manager, you can immediately split the multiple XP Business Copy pairs in the same
consistency group. First define the consistency group in the RAID Manager configuration definition
file. XP Business Copy consistency groups have restrictions as shown in
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Performing XP Business Copy Operations