Split and suspend types, Split, And suspend – HP XP P9500 Storage User Manual

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S-VOL access

P-VOL access

Description

RAID Manager
status

RWC status

Read/Write

Read/Write

A horctakeover and resync are in progress.

SSWS

(No parallel
RWC status)

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When pair status is COPY, neither cache nor shared memory can be added to or removed from the storage system. When

either of these tasks is to be performed, first split any pairs in COPY, status, then resynchronize when the cache or shared memory
operation is completed.

Split and Suspend types

This topic discusses pairs that are split by the user (PSUS ), and pairs that are suspended by the
system (PSUE).

You can split a pair when the initial copy operation is complete.

You must split a pair to perform media maintenance on the P-VOL or to access the S-VOL
(when S-VOL write is enabled).

When you split a pair, the primary system ensures synchronization by completing any
pending update copy operation before changing the status to PSUS.

Pairs are suspended by the primary system only, for any of the following reasons:

You released the pair from the secondary system.

An error condition related to the secondary system, the S-VOL, or an update-copy
operation.

The primary system cannot communicate with the secondary system.

PSUS types appear in the Detailed Information dialog box. The following table describes the PSUS
types.)

Description

Volume applies
to

PSUS type

The user splitsuspended the pair from the primary system using the P-VOL
Failure in the Suspend Type option in the Suspend Kind field. The S-VOL split
type is, “by MCU”.

P-VOL

P-VOL by operator

The user splitsuspended the pair from the primary or secondary system using
the S-VOL in the suspend type option in the Suspend Kind field.

P-VOL

S-VOL

S-VOL by operator

The secondary system received a request from the primary system to suspend
the pair. The P-VOL splitsuspend type is Split-P-VOL by Operator or Split-S-VOL
by Operator.

S-VOL

by MCU

The primary system detected that the S-VOL status changed to SMPL because
you released the pair from the secondary system. The pair cannot be
resynchronized because the S-VOL does not have the PSUE/PSUS status.

P-VOL

Release pair to RCU

The primary system detected an error condition at the secondary system
(RCU), that caused the primary system to suspend the pair. The S-VOL split
type is S-VOL Failure by MCU.

P-VOL

S-VOL

by RCU

The primary system detected an error during communication with the
secondary system, or an error during update copy. In this case, the S-VOL

P-VOL

S-VOL

S-VOL failure

suspend type is usually S-VOL Failure. This suspend type is also used when
the number of paths falls below the minimum number of paths setting on the
RCU Option dialog box.

The primary system could not find valid control information in its nonvolatile
memory during IMPL. This condition occurs only if the primary system is

P-VOL

S-VOL

MCU IMPL

Monitoring pair status

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