Document Outline

• Hitachi Command Control Interface (CCI) User and Reference Guide
  • Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM
  • Hitachi TagmaStore® Universal Storage Platform
  • Hitachi TagmaStore® Network Storage Controller
  • Hitachi Lightning 9900™ V Series
  • Hitachi Lightning 9900™
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Chapter 1 Overview of CCI Functionality
    • 1.1 Overview of Command Control Interface
    • 1.2 Overview of Hitachi Data Replication Functions
      • 1.2.1 Hitachi TrueCopy
      • 1.2.2 Hitachi ShadowImage
      • 1.2.3 Hitachi Universal Replicator
      • 1.2.4 Hitachi Copy-on-Write Snapshot
    • 1.3 Overview of Hitachi Data Protection Functions
      • 1.3.1 Hitachi Database Validator
      • 1.3.2 Hitachi Data Retention Utility (Open LDEV Guard)
  • Chapter 2 Overview of CCI Operations
    • 2.1 Overview
    • 2.2 Features of Paired Volumes
      • 2.2.1 ShadowImage Duplicated Mirroring
      • 2.2.2 ShadowImage Cascading Pairs
      • 2.2.3 Hitachi TrueCopy Takeover Commands
      • 2.2.4 Hitachi TrueCopy Remote Commands
      • 2.2.5 Hitachi TrueCopy Local Commands
    • 2.3 Overview of CCI ShadowImage Operations
    • 2.4 Hitachi TrueCopy/ShadowImage Volumes
      • 2.4.1 TrueCopy/ShadowImage/Universal Replicator Volume Status
      • 2.4.2 TrueCopy Async, TrueCopy Sync CTG, and Universal Replicator Volumes
      • 2.4.3 TrueCopy Sync/Async and Universal Replicator Fence-Level Settings
    • 2.5 Applications of Hitachi TrueCopy/ShadowImage Commands
    • 2.6 Overview of Copy-on-Write Snapshot Operations
      • 2.6.1 Creating SnapShot
      • 2.6.2 SnapShot Volume Specifications
      • 2.6.3 SnapShot Volume Characteristics
    • 2.7 Overview of CCI Data Protection Operations
      • 2.7.1 Database Validator
      • 2.7.2 Restrictions on Database Validator
      • 2.7.3 Data Retention Utility/Open LDEV Guard
      • 2.7.4 Restrictions on Data Retention Utility Volumes
      • 2.7.5 Operations
    • 2.8 CCI Software Structure
      • 2.8.1 HORCM Operational Environment
      • 2.8.2 CCI Instance Configurations
      • 2.8.3 Host Machines that Can be Paired
      • 2.8.4 Configuration Definition File
      • 2.8.5 Command Device
      • 2.8.6 Alternate Command Device Function
      • 2.8.7 Command Interface with Hitachi TrueCopy/ShadowImage
      • 2.8.8 Logical DKC per 64K LDEVs
      • 2.8.9 Command Device Guarding
      • 2.8.10 CCI Software Files
      • 2.8.11 Log and Trace Files
      • 2.8.12 User-Created Files
    • 2.9 Configuration Definition File
      • 2.9.1 Configuration Definition for Cascading Volume Pairs
    • 2.10 Error Monitoring and Configuration Confirmation
      • 2.10.1 Error Monitoring for Paired Volumes
      • 2.10.2 Error Monitoring for Database Validator
      • 2.10.3 Pair Status Display and Configuration Confirmation
    • 2.11 Recovery Procedures for HA Configurations
  • Chapter 3 Preparing for CCI Operations
    • 3.1 System Requirements
      • 3.1.1 Supported Platforms
      • 3.1.2 Using CCI with Hitachi and Other RAID Storage Systems
      • 3.1.3 Restrictions on zLinux
      • 3.1.4 Restrictions on VM
      • 3.1.5 About Platforms Supporting IPv6
    • 3.2 Hardware Installation
    • 3.3 Software Installation
      • 3.3.1 Software Installation for UNIX Systems
      • 3.3.2 Software Installation for Windows Systems
      • 3.3.3 Software Installation for OpenVMS® Systems
      • 3.3.4 Changing the CCI User (UNIX Systems)
      • 3.3.5 Changing the CCI User (Windows Systems)
      • 3.3.6 Uninstallation
    • 3.4 Creating/Editing the Configuration File
    • 3.5 Porting Notice for OpenVMS
      • 3.5.1 Requirements and Restrictions
      • 3.5.2 Known Issues
      • 3.5.3 Start-up Procedures Using Detached Process on DCL
      • 3.5.4 Command Examples in DCL
      • 3.5.5 Start-up Procedures in Bash
    • 3.6 CCI Startup
      • 3.6.1 Startup for UNIX Systems
      • 3.6.2 Startup for Windows Systems
      • 3.6.3 Startup for OpenVMS® Systems
    • 3.7 Starting CCI as a Service (Windows Systems)
  • Chapter 4 Performing CCI Operations
    • 4.1 Environmental Variables
      • 4.1.1 $HORCMINST and $HORCC_MRCF Supported Options
      • 4.1.2 Verifying $HORCC_MRCF,HORCMINST
    • 4.2 Creating Pairs (Paircreate)
    • 4.3 Splitting and Deleting Pairs (Pairsplit)
      • 4.3.1 Timing Pairsplit Operations
      • 4.3.2 Deleting Pairs (Pairsplit -S)
    • 4.4 Resynchronizing Pairs (Pairresync)
    • 4.5 Confirming Pair Operations (Pairevtwait)
    • 4.6 Monitoring Pair Activity (Pairmon)
    • 4.7 Checking Attribute and Status (Pairvolchk)
      • 4.7.1 Recovery in Case of SVOL-Takeover
      • 4.7.2 PVOL-PSUE-Takeover
      • 4.7.3 Recovery in Case of PVOL-PSUE-Takeover
      • 4.7.4 SVOL-SSUS Takeover in Case of ESCON/Fibre/Host Failure
      • 4.7.5 Recovery from SVOL-SSUS-Takeover
      • 4.7.6 SVOL-Takeover in Case of Host Failure
    • 4.8 Displaying Pair Status (Pairdisplay)
    • 4.9 Checking Hitachi TrueCopy Pair Currency (Paircurchk)
    • 4.10 Performing Hitachi TrueCopy Takeover Operations
      • 4.10.1 Horctakeover Command Functions
      • 4.10.2 Applications of the Horctakeover Command
    • 4.11 Displaying Configuration Information
      • 4.11.1 Raidscan Command
      • 4.11.2 Raidar Command
      • 4.11.3 Raidqry Command
    • 4.12 Performing Data Protection Operations
      • 4.12.1 Raidvchkset Command
      • 4.12.2 Raidvchkdsp Command
      • 4.12.3 Raidvchkscan Command
      • 4.12.4 Raidvchkscan Command for Journal (UR)
      • 4.12.5 Raidvchkscan Command for Snapshot Pool and Dynamic Provisioning
    • 4.13 Controlling CCI Activity
      • 4.13.1 Horcmstart Command
      • 4.13.2 Horcmshutdown Command
      • 4.13.3 Horcctl Command
      • 4.13.4 3DC Control Command using HORC/UR NEW
      • 4.13.5 Windows Subcommands
      • 4.13.6 Findcmddev Subcommand
      • 4.13.7 Drivescan Subcommand
      • 4.13.8 Portscan Subcommand
      • 4.13.9 Sync and Syncd Subcommands
      • 4.13.10 Mount Subcommand
      • 4.13.11 Umount and Umountd Subcommands
      • 4.13.12 Environment Variable Subcommands
    • 4.14 CCI Command Tools
      • 4.14.1 Inqraid Command Tool
      • 4.14.2 Mkconf Command Tool
    • 4.15 Synchronous Waiting Command (Pairsyncwait) for Hitachi TrueCopy Async/UR
    • 4.16 Protection Facility
      • 4.16.1 Protection Facility Specification
      • 4.16.2 Examples for Configuration and Protected Volumes
      • 4.16.3 Target Commands for Protection
      • 4.16.4 Permission Command
      • 4.16.5 New Options for Security
      • 4.16.6 Permitting the Protected Volumes
      • 4.16.7 Environmental Variables
      • 4.16.8 Determining the Protection Mode Command Device
    • 4.17 Group Version Control for Mixed Storage System Configurations
    • 4.18 LDM Volume Discovery and Flushing for Windows
      • 4.18.1 Volume Discovery Function
      • 4.18.2 Mountvol Attached to Windows 2008/2003/2000 Systems
      • 4.18.3 System Buffer Flushing Function
    • 4.19 Special Facilities for Windows 2008/2003/2000 Systems
      • 4.19.1 Signature Changing Facility for Windows 2008/2003/2000 Systems
      • 4.19.2 GPT disk for Windows 2003/2008
      • 4.19.3 Directory Mount Facility for Windows Systems
    • 4.20 Host Group Control
      • 4.20.1 Specifying a Host Group
      • 4.20.2 Commands and Options Including a Host Group
    • 4.21 Using CCI SLPR Security
      • 4.21.1 Specifying the SLPR Protection Facility
      • 4.21.2 SLPR Configuration Examples
    • 4.22 Controlling Volume Migration
      • 4.22.1 Specifications for Volume Migration
      • 4.22.2 Commands to Control the Volume Migration
      • 4.22.3 Relations between “cc” Command Issues and Status
      • 4.22.4 Restrictions for Volume Migration
  • Chapter 5 Troubleshooting
    • 5.1 General Troubleshooting
      • 5.1.1 About Linux Kernel 2.6.9.XX supported ioctl(SG_IO)
    • 5.2 Changing IO Way of the Command Device for AIX
    • 5.3 Error Reporting
    • 5.4 Calling the Hitachi Data Systems Support Center
  • Appendix A Maintenance Logs and Tracing Functions
    • A.1 Log Files
    • A.2 Trace Files
    • A.3 Trace Control Command
    • A.4 Logging Commands for Audit
  • Appendix B Updating and Uninstalling CCI
    • B.1 Uninstalling UNIX CCI Software
    • B.2 Upgrading UNIX CCI Software
    • B.3 Uninstalling Windows CCI Software
    • B.4 Upgrading Windows CCI Software
  • Appendix C Fibre-to-SCSI Address Conversion
    • C.1 LUN Configurations on the RAID Storage Systems
    • C.2 Fibre Address Conversion Tables
  • Acronyms and Abbreviations