Document Outline

• HP StorageWorks Snapshot XP user guide
• Contents
• About this guide
  • Supported storage platforms and firmware
  • Intended audience
  • Prerequisites
  • Related documentation
  • Document conventions and symbols
    • Table 1 Document conventions
  • HP technical support
  • Subscription service
  • HP web sites
  • Documentation feedback
• 1 Overview of copy solutions
  • Snapshot XP
    • Figure 1 Snapshot XP mechanism
  • Business Copy XP
• 2 Snapshot XP functions
  • Volumes Snapshot XP uses
    • Snapshot XP primary volumes
      • Table 2 Requirements for Snapshot XP P-VOLs
    • Snapshot XP secondary volumes
      • Table 3 Requirements for Snapshot XP S-VOLs
    • Snapshot XP pool volumes
      • Table 4 Requirements for Snapshot XP pool-VOLs
  • Creating virtual volume management areas
  • Creating pools
    • Figure 2 Snapshot XP pair and pool mechanism
  • Creating virtual volumes
  • Creating Snapshot XP pairs
  • Storing snapshot data
  • Restoring Snapshot XP pairs
  • Deleting snapshot data or Snapshot XP pairs
  • Viewing Snapshot XP pair information
• 3 Requirements for Snapshot XP operations
  • Requirements for using Snapshot XP
    • Table 5 Requirements for using Snapshot XP
  • Installing and uninstalling Snapshot XP
    • Installing Snapshot XP
    • Uninstalling Snapshot XP
  • Calculating the number of Snapshot XP pairs you can create
    • Using the number of differential tables
    • Using shared memory capacity for the virtual volume management area
    • Using the number of pair tables
• 4 Using Snapshot XP
  • Procedure for using Snapshot XP processes
    • Figure 3 Procedure for using Snapshot XP
  • Status of Snapshot XP pairs
    • Figure 4 Snapshot XP pair status transition
    • Table 6 Whether hosts can access P-VOLs and S-VOLs
    • Table 7 Pair status and results of RAID Manager XP commands
  • Notes on creating pools
    • Defining pool capacity
    • Using external LUs as pool-VOLs
  • Notes on using Snapshot XP
    • Switching off the power supply
    • Replacing the microprogram offline
  • Combining Snapshot XP with other software products
    • Table 8 Volume sharing with other software products
    • Combining Snapshot XP with Business Copy XP
      • Table 9 Snapshot XP operations when Snapshot XP P-VOL and Business Copy XP P-VOL are shared
      • Table 10 Snapshot XP operations when Snapshot XP P-VOL and Business Copy XP S-VOL are shared
      • Table 11 Business Copy XP operations when Snapshot XP P-VOL and Business Copy XP P-VOL are shared
      • Table 12 Business Copy XP operations when Snapshot XP P-VOL and Business Copy XP S-VOL are shared
    • Combining Snapshot XP with Continuous Access XP or Continuous Access XP Journal
      • Table 13 Snapshot XP operations when Snapshot XP P-VOL and Continuous Access XP/Continuous Access XP Journal are shared
      • Table 14 Snapshot XP operations when Snapshot XP P-VOL and Continuous Access XP/Continuous Access XP Journal S-VOL are shared
      • Table 15 Continuous Access XP/Continuous Access XP Journal operations when Snapshot XP P-VOL and Continuous Access XP/Continuous Access XP Journal P-VOL are shared
      • Table 16 Continuous Access XP/Continuous Access XP Journal operations when Snapshot XP P-VOL and Continuous Access XP/Continuous Access XP Journal S-VOL are shared
    • Combining Snapshot XP with Auto LUN XP
    • Combining Snapshot XP with LUN Security XP Extension
• 5 Snapshot XP operations
  • Displaying the Business Copy XP main pane
    • Figure 5 Business Copy XP main pane
    • Volume list
      • Figure 6 Volume list
      • Table 17 Information displayed in Prog./Sync.
      • Table 18 Shortcut menu in volume list
    • Preset List
      • Figure 7 Preset List
      • Table 19 Shortcut menu in Preset list on Business Copy XP main pane
    • Specifying conditions for volumes displayed in the volume list
      • Figure 8 Display Filter pane (Snapshot XP tab selected)
  • Creating or deleting pools
    • Figure 9 Pool pane
    • Table 20 Shortcut menu in Pool tree
    • Creating new pools
      • Figure 10 New Pool pane
    • Changing pool information
      • Figure 11 Change Pool Information pane
    • Deleting pools
      • Deleting one pool
      • Deleting multiple pools
    • Initializing V-VOL management areas or pool management blocks
      • Initializing V-VOL management areas
      • Initializing pool management blocks
  • Creating or deleting virtual volumes
    • Figure 12 V-VOL pane
    • Table 21 Shortcut menu in the V-VOL group tree
    • Creating new virtual volumes
      • Figure 13 New V-VOL Group pane
      • Figure 14 Create V-VOL wizard pane (1)
      • Figure 15 Create V-VOL wizard pane (2)
      • Figure 16 Create V-VOL wizard pane (3)
    • Deleting virtual volumes
  • Creating Snapshot XP pairs
  • Storing snapshot data
  • Restoring Snapshot XP pairs
  • Deleting snapshot data
  • Deleting Snapshot XP pairs
    • Deleting Snapshot XP pairs by selecting pairs per port
      • Figure 17 Pairsplit-S pane
    • Deleting Snapshot XP pairs by selecting pairs per pool
      • Figure 18 Snapshot XP pane
  • Displaying detailed information about Snapshot XP pairs
    • Detail pane
      • Figure 19 Detail pane for Snapshot XP pair
    • S-Vol Path Information pane
      • Figure 20 S-Vol Path pane
  • Displaying operation history
    • Figure 21 History pane
    • Table 22 Snapshot XP history reference codes and messages
• 6 Troubleshooting
  • General troubleshooting
  • Troubleshooting Snapshot XP
    • Table 23 Troubleshooting for Snapshot XP
    • Recovering blocked pools
      • Recovering pool-VOLs
      • Recovering pools
      • Recovering Snapshot XP pairs
      • Recovering V-VOLs
    • Completing pool-related SIMs
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