Changing p-vol fence level, cfw data – HP XP7 Storage User Manual

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Changing P-VOL Fence Level, CFW Data

You can change the P-VOL’s fence level, which specifies when to reject write operations to the
P-VOL under certain failure circumstances. You can also change whether CFW (DASD fast write)
data is copied to the S-VOL or not.

For more information on fence levels, see

“Allowing I/O to the P-VOL after a split—Fence Level

options” (page 36)

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Prerequisite information

Pair status must be Pending or Duplex.

The Edit Pair Options window is used for the following procedure. If you select multiple pairs,
the values do not display but are blank. When you change a value, the change applies to all
selected pairs

Procedure 19 To change the fence level and CFW data options

1.

In the Storage Systems tree, click Replications > Remote Replications.

2.

Click the Cnt Ac-S Pairs tab, then select the pair whose options are to be changed.

3.

From the Actions menu, click Remote Replications > Edit Pair Options.

4.

In the Edit Pair Options window, for Primary Volume Fence Level box, select the fence level
for the pairs.

- Never: The P-VOL can always be written to.

- Data: The P-VOL cannot be written to.

- Status: The P-VOL cannot be written to only if the primary system is not able to change S-VOL
status to Suspended.

5.

For CFW Data, select whether CFW data is copied to the S-VOL.

- Primary Volume Only: CFW data is not copied to the S-VOL.

- Secondary Volume Copy: CFW data is copied to the S-VOL.

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